Hello everyone, I hope someone is able to lend some advise. I'm posting on behalf of my mum who has worked for the NHS for over 21 years at a large hospital.

For years now she has been coming home in tears due to the lack of professionalism and compassion she sees towards her patients on a daily basis. She has tried making complaints but this has only ever gone against her. Her ward manager is a lot younger than my mum and is very clicky with some of the other staff members - she is essentially turning a blind eye to the poor standards of care being given and allows certain staff members to stand by as my mum is struggling to deal with elderly patients. She is also pretty much managing my mum out of a job. Tonight was the final straw for me. She has come home absolutely distraught! I will be emailing the hospital myself - anonymously - and will also be reaching out to the local newspaper. I've told my mum for many years now to try and gather evidence of the wrongdoings on both the staff and the managers part, but she has always refused to take concealed video footage, as this breaches certain laws, or so she tells me. She does however have people who she has worked with in the past confirm that they will give statements. She has spoken with the union and exhausted all other support networks, where her concerns have unfortunately always fallen on deaf ears. Is anyone able to point me in the right direction where I can begin to surface these issues with people that will actually take action?

Thank you.

Does anyone have any experience or have you heard of anyone getting an offer after an interview where you didn’t get the specialist nursing post you applied for however got put on a waiting list for similar posts for 6 months? I’m just curious.. should I still be hopeful?

Asking for a close friend who graduated Aug 2025 from Midwifery.
There has been no band 5 jobs in London since.
Her registration lapsed in Aug 2026 and she left the NMC register one day before automatic disqualification.
No jobs in between.
Now she'd like to give it a try for one more year and trying to rejoin the NMC register.
The website is asking for a referee from someone in NMC register that she knows and has been in touch with in the last 6 months?
And a referee from her latest employer which in her case there is none? (both mandatory fields)
What is the best course of action here? Should she contact NMC?

My boyfriend had a K wire finger surgery on Wednesday 14th for a broken finger. We’re supposed to be flying to Amsterdam on the 23rd for 4 nights and need a fit to fly form filled out, which is specific to the airline, and need this at least 48 hours in advance of the flight.

We were told to contact the physician so emailed them on the Wednesday asking if this could be done by Monday 19th at the latest, and they said there is no guarantee it will be done one time.

We won’t want to risk cancelling or rescheduling the flights because that still needs a medical fit to fly note for our insurance to pay us back, and it needs to be provided before we cancel or reschedule.

We also don’t want just not to turn up for the flight.

We’ve spoken to the GP, and a private hospital who both said they won’t fill out the form.

Does anyone have any other ideas for what to do?

i’m at the beginning of my mrcp journey now with 0 NHS experience however all i keep seeing are discouraging comments and insane waiting times for jobs. i’m aiming for non training jobs ofc as i know IMT can be a far stretch. do i actually have a chance here or am i being delusional?

I have been going through extreme destress and upset after a recent re-occurence of a family betryal. I get a call from the nhs. I explained i needed to speak to someone because of thats going on, struggling to sleep, relentless thinking etc... and need a 3rd party view on things.

Later in the call when asked about substance abuse, i shared that i used cannabis daily.

Immediately it seemed, the cause was now aparant to them. I was referred to pathways, and told about how much of a terrible drug it was.

I understand weed can cause mental health issues but for me I find it helps alot. The main reason this annoyed me so much is because it feels like because I smoke it negates my right to be depressed, and its like they think the family betryal is only a problem because I smoke.

I was also given advice regarding someone to speak to about my problems later in the call.

Am I right to feel abit annoyed here?