Completed petition Protect agency workers in the NHS
At present agency workers are not afforded the same safeguards and support from health boards as other NHS employees. As an agency healthcare support worker, I’ve had personal experience of being subject to untrue and unfounded allegations which went on for months, and I did not have any recourse or opportunity to challenge these. I would have had remedies or recourse in a court of law had I been directly employed by the NHS.
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The NHS relies on agency workers to provide essential services. They should be treated fairly.
I therefore urge the Welsh Government to review the policies governing the employment and treatment of workers recruited through agencies in its oversight function.
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