Off work after emergency surgery

welshgirl_michelle

AP007 wrote: »

Maybe the OP should have just sent or took the sick note to the HR team and not the sister as they have nothing to do with staffing and sick leave surely.

I wish I would've taken it straight to HR

Valli

welshgirl_michelle wrote: »

She kicked off at me & said if i was to take the 4 weeks, then she would want an explanation from the doctor as to why he's given me 4 weeks!! I might not need to take the full 4 weeks, i'm hoping I will be ok to go back to work next week (would mean then that i've had 3 weeks off). Thing is, I don't want to go back early, as I want things to heal, and I don't want to do damage and have to be off again.

Oh what I would give to watch her confront your GP and demand an explanation for his professional decision re your recovery period.:rotfl:

Who the (insert expletive of choice) does she think she is?

Does she routinely question the decisions of the doctors at the hospital?

Seriously OP, get your union involved ...this is tantamount to bullying.

ohreally

welshgirl_michelle wrote: »

Any advice?

Have a word with one of the stewards with a view to prosecuting a grievance.

welshgirl_michelle wrote: »

I wish I would've taken it straight to HR

Fit notes should go through your manager.

AP007

ohreally wrote: »

Fit notes should go through your manager.

Really? I just thought you had to send them in to your company. Not that I have ever had a fit note.

monty-doggy

Shocking! I'd 100% raise a grievance. It's non of her business and she should have simply wished you a speedy recovery.
I'm glad im not being treated by such a thoughtless witch!


Please don't let her get away with it, she will do it to others too. She deserves to get a warning at least.

I hope you feel better soon.

Funky_Bold_Ribena

I'd get another 2 weeks off, go in and hand her the fit note and record the whole episode on your dictaphone which you had stupidly forgotten to turn off. Doh, stupid painkillers.

Oh, then realise you had it all on tape and hand that in to HR with your grievance. Having made a copy first, obviously.

MrsPBikerChick

Something kind of similar happened to a friend of mine a while ago. She suffered a miscarriage and was given a note for 2 weeks to help her get over it both physically and mentally. She worked in a high street bank and when she took the note in to her manager she proceeded to have a go at her in the staff room, in front of a number of colleagues, saying how dare she expect 2 weeks off for something so "trivial" when they were so busy and that if she wasnt back within a week the manager would personally ensure she was disciplined for taking unauthorised time off.

My friend was naturally devastated and pretty much just fled the building. She was already pretty fragile so didnt do anything about it but tried to pull herself together to go back before the week was out. Then 2 days later she got a call from the overall branch manager who made a massive apology and told her to take the 2 weeks plus an additional 3 days gratis. Turned out one of the colleagues who witnessed the incident went straight to him and HR and made a complaint about the whole thing. The evil manager was mysteriously absent she when returned.

In your case, OP, you should definitely make a complaint. If this sister acts like that with her staff then one has to wonder how she acts with patients and other staff. Furthermore, for a medical "professional" (and I use the term professional very loosely here) to be questioning the need for time off following surgery rather casts doubt on her medical knowledge!

I'd also mention to HR that the ward you were treated on may have divulged confidential patient information to someone who had no need or right to know it. While you were a patient there you're entitled to the same confidentiality as any other patient irrespective of where you work and they should not have told the sister anything about your treatment.

I know the NHS is under ridiculous stress with too few staff but behaviour like that is bang out of order.