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Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 4792 Status:

taken from the gazette web site

A group of A&E doctors and nurses at a Wiltshire hospital have been suspended after bosses caught them posting photographs of themselves playing 'The Lying Down Game' on Facebook.

Seven staff at Great Western Hospital, in Swindon, allegedly took part in the internet craze by lying down on resuscitation trollies, ward floors and a heli-pad.

The group, from the hospital's A & E department and Acute Assessment Unit, had been working a night shift and posted photographs of the stunt on Facebook.

Hospital bosses were alerted to the prank by a whistleblower and the medics may now face the sack after being suspended on full pay.

Contestants playing 'The Lying Down Game' must lie face down with the palms of their hands against their sides and the tips of their toes pointing at the ground.

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There is no way they should have been suspended.they work in a high stress job and see sights that we would only see in our night mares .they were only having a little fun and no harm was done there was no risk to the patients .and patient care wasnt affected in any way.
i have had numous appointments cancelled there cos of lack of staff so it just seems silly.
99 per cent of people has messed around at work at one time or another.

GTB · Bushton Bushwacker Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2206 Status:

It's something of nothing really. Let's hope these NHS bosses are squeaky clean themselves if they are going to start sacking people over a daft stunt that ultimately did no one any harm.
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Biggles · Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:25 am Post subject:

Talking about OTT in the NHS

I was in Northlands Surgery yesterday and theres now notices about the new NHS Guidelines and now all the magazines and books and toys have been removed because of Swine Flu i guess

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win2212 · Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:05 pm Post subject:

That will teach them for posting private jokes on a public web site.

Chepfer · Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:30 pm Post subject:

Though its harmless fun .. perhaps posting it was a little unproffesional of them !

Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 4792 Status:

daffy · Born and Bred Local Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 367 Status:

yes this was funny but they are putting patiants healh at risk by lying down in there uniforms and then they will go and treat a patiant ,no wonder hospitial bugs are on the increase.
i agree they should of been suspended.

Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 4792 Status:

daffy · Born and Bred Local Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 367 Status:

There still putting vunarable patiants lifes at risk by cross contamination ,that little joke went to far .
Its not a very good advert for the great western with staff pulling stunts like that,i dont see that they had any choice but to suspend them ,if they was seen to do nothing about this what reasurance does that give the public .

Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 4792 Status:

The one thing they should never have done was to post it on the net .its no difference than people who work in old peoples home taking the ! out of those that are there and chucking food about.
no matter where you work you have a little fun .they put no lifes at risk