Were all your days sick leave or were some emergency leave?

You won't be warned, you'll be investigated. If they proceed to a warning without this, they are a court case waiting to happen. I would be very surprised if they can count individual days. Your 3 days are a continued absence.

You will have trigger points, which will be so many absences, and so many days total in a specified period - usually 6 months. I think ours are 3 absences and 30 days. So for example, I was recently off work for 4 weeks, which is more than your entire year last year, but was one absence. The investigation for this was basically me giving my sick notes to them and telling them what I needed to return to work.

You can't take action based simply on trigger points being met. The investigation is to look into why. Is there a pattern to the sick days? Always on the same day for example, immedietly after they have been on a heavy night out, tied to avoid certain things like working with someone specificYou can self certify for a certain number of days, 7 I think, and then after that you need a doctors note.

They can't make you use annual leave if you wre entitled to sick pay either. If you are entitled to this, there is no reason for you to have to use annual leave.

Thanks for all the advice guys, once I'm better, I'll have a chat with my line manager. She's pretty good at this stuff. Will let u know how it goes.

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Aye, that's what they reckon for me. Had physio etc, it flares up now and again.

Edit: buggered up the quote bit.

I've had similar problems with big toenails for the last few years. Never had anything done about it though. Fucking painful it can be, so it's a bit disappointing to hear your cure hasn't really cured things.
Who did you see about it?

Interesting. Ta.

Dinostar77 wrote:

No ailments (touch wood), just sheer exhaustion. Feel like I'm running on vaper. Last few weeks have been nackering as I've been either working or helping out extended family. I'm struggling to do my normal gym workouts (5 days a week). I haven't had any time off work since Xmas and I have a week's leave coming into two weeks time. Just need to get through the next 14 days. Mental toughness, don't give in and push on.
(sorry, turned into a rant for myself).

Head down thumbs up mate. The time off will be all the more enjoyable if you feel like you've earned it (defo sounds like you have).

Things improved any at work for you?

I have a minor TFCC tear.

I strained both groin muscles when swimming earlier tonight, yours sounds worse.

Also, hang in there. Not long til your well deserved break. I know how you feel. It can all get too much sometimes and we all need breaks.

Elf: confirmed wanker

NHS mate.
A wisdom tooth will be band 3, so around 200 quid but for that they can do all 4 and anything else you need as it is priced per session.
Try these guys 5 minutes walk from Streatham Common station or Streatham station.
http://www.119dental.co.uk
They were brilliant with me when I needed stuff done.

You need to get that sorted though, if it is infected you run the risk of a blood infection which is serious stuff.

Yeah, thought it was close by for yourself. The pub across the road used to be my local.

cockbeard wrote:

I figure if it was gonna kill me it's had a decade to do it, but fuck ten years of constant pain, I really want this fixed @tinrobot sorry, just wondering, given the potential risk to health and accrual pain being caused, so I have reason to negotiate then down on cost, especially as it will likely have to be done in a hospital anyway Kinda meets my public money, private purse argument earlier

For some reason the bat signal didn't fire, so only just seen your post, sorry.  Anyway...

First of all, your GP's unlikely to be able/ willing to help you with this.  Put simply, they're not insured for dental stuff, and as such will be left high and dry if anything goes wrong, so most won't touch it with a bargepole.  (The GMC would also be pretty unforgiving.)  Personally I will sometimes treat dental stuff in an emergency, but most doctors would say I'm an idiot to do so, and they're probably right.  (Not least because the "obvious" treatment isn't always the right one.)  So yeah, don't bother with your GP. 

In terms of reducing cost.  If it's a private dentist you can try bartering, but, well, good luck with that.  Most will direct you to the NHS.  As you know already, NHS dentists charge too, but there's a fixed price. There are some exceptions to having to pay, which you can find here along with a list of the price bands. They won't negotiate on these prices.  However, as you'll have gathered from the list, if it's something you need hospital treatment for then, other than the initial dental consultation, you might be able to get the main treatment for free.  That's a big "if" though.

If the dentist you've found isn't an NHS one and you want to find one, your best bet is to ring 111.  They're a pain in the proverbial, but they should be able to tell you where the nearest available NHS dentist is.  (They can also get you an emergency appointment if needs be.)

Finally there is one other alternative, which is what I resorted to as a student.  You can self refer to a Dental School.  A quick google will tell you where your nearest one is, and most will see patients for free.  The catch, of course, is that you're seeing a student.  They will take longer, may well need to bring you back, and will be inexperienced.  On the flip-side however, they will be supervised, often by the best trained dentists around.  My personal experience with a dental school was that it took all day, and I ended up having a dental extraction performed by a girl I'd seen dancing half naked at a party the night before.  (Which did nothing for my confidence.)  It was also the most painless dental procedure I've ever had.  Obviously I can't guarantee you the same experience in any respect...

In any case, whatever route you take, it's definitely worth getting something done about it.  Good luck.

And yeah, the fact that anyone has to pay for dental care in this country is obscene.

My fault no bat signal, didn't have the underscore in there, oops. Cheers for the heads up though. I wouldn't want anyone to get into trouble for me. Crying shame that they are left open to litigation though. I understand that a lot of fetal work is vanity so should be chargeable, but the fact that everything is seems a bit wrong from where I sit

Never heard of the dental college thing, sounds interesting, hopefully they won't give me a huge bill for the work, and if so I'll not get disheartened and wait ten years again, but investigate the other options