Public sector pay

There were 18,432 more NHS nurses in 2014 compared to ten years earlier. The number has increased by an annual average of 0.5 per cent over that period.

 

The above are the type of figures that the Tories use.

 

The population growth rate in the UK is 0.778%(2016)

 

There were almost 13,100 more full-time equivalent nurses working in these types of wards in March 2017 than in May 2010.

 

So nursing numbers are rising, but the population is rising faster.

 

https://fullfact.org/health/whats-happening-nursing-numbers/

 

Pay them more, then we may all have a better NHS; it can be paid for from the Tory 'magic money tree'.

Also if you got yourself classified as disabled you were guaranteed an interview for a job that you applied for (and met the essential criteria). We got one bloke who said that he was dyslexic, which was a disability, hence he was disabled. He wasn't, he just couldn't spell.

The guaranteed job interview scheme exists to address the existing inequalities many/most disabled people face in finding work. Dyslexia is a disability, and, people with dyslexia are at considerable disadvantage when it comes to completing job interview paperwork requirements. Guaranteeing disabled applicants a job interview can offset some of those disadvantages.

 

If you look at actual statistics, disabled people in work tend to take less time off work.

I have a million stories about people who swing the lead or take the proverbial, and they're all true. Possibly my favourite was the man who was "too ill" to drive into work, so one of his team mates gave him a lift every morning. He then went on a camping holiday to the south of France - and drove all the way there and back. Nothing was done about it.

There's a big difference between commuting driving and recreational.

 

Many autistic people, for example, would be totally unable to cope with the pressures of driving in cities under tight deadlines in rush hours, but could deal well with driving a car for leisure when there are deadlines/targets to meet.

Edited September 18, 2017 by onewheeldave