? BANK HOLIDAY

A leftover from Christmas and New Year?

Is the Doctor Chinese ??

No, thought about that one! He's from the Cotswolds but has a Sri Lankan name

This is a new one on me but a February bank holiday would be nice. Something to break up the long drag from Christmas to Easter.

This is the start of half-term here, maybe it is there too. Maybe he thought a bank holiday sounded better than "I have to stay home to look after the children"

Perhaps that's their standard automated message, a cover-all for any domestic emergency/outbreak of plague/bank holiday etc.

I expect it is a simple mistake, they are human too! A few weeks ago we noticed on the led screen that our surgery were still inviting people to come for a flu vaccination in October. I told one of the Receptionists and she corrected it there and then and we all had a laugh.

Our surgery has training days and is closed to patients but gives out a message saying the practice is closed and where to get emergency help.

My dentist is closed today and tomorrow due to first aid training and it was closed a few weeks ago for fire training.
To some extent I can understand it having to close for fire training as it is a 3 storey building if the training is done on the premises but I would have thought the first aid training could be staggered.
I was a first aider where I worked. There were several first aiders and the training was done externally so we went at different times.
I know the fire marshalls did have some training on the premises which took about half a day but it may be more complicated at a dentists if there are a couple of patients who are sedated etc.

Frank

It's obvious that sending all the employee's together for training is more cost effective than sending them at differant times there is also less chance of any of the course being misunderstood if all the employees are present at the same time.

Hi glammanana

I certainly agree with you in respect of fire training as they will have to work together if the building catches fire.
That said there are always people moving about in the dental surgery so I think a fire would be spotted at an early stage and would be put out quickly possibly without the need to evacuate.
In respect of first aid I am not so sure.
A first aid certificate lasts for 3 years and only 1 or 2 first aiders work on a casuality so it might not be good if all the certificates expire at the same time and they have a casuality when they are all rusty.

There is another problem with the fire training.
There are 38 people working at my surgery when you include dentists, nurses some part time and receptionists.
I know 2 of them are due to retire by the end of 2013 and presumably new people will come in.
I do not know if they will run a special fire training and first aid course for them.
I don't think they will close the surgery for just 2 people.

Frank