Wasted Time

Today I was supposed to be making big in-roads into our waiting list for initial appointments. It would have gone well if people had actually bothered to turn up, over the course of the whole day only 1 person turned up! Now whilst that was good for the admin I've had piling up around my ears it was bad for our wait times. All of those people that haven't turned up will have to have another appointment offered (for some this was strike 2 of a potential 3) and then people complain about how long they have to wait to be seen.

School holidays are always a nice time at work. A lot of people in the team only work during termtime, so its nice and quiet and there's a bit of a blitz mentality. We always have nice cake and actually have occasional chats that we don't stop and have otherwise. My clinic workload doesn't reduce, but I don't have to go out to schools. Means there's time to catch up on reports and write programmes for children. Its always a nice feeling to start the new half term with a relatively clean desk.

Plus, school holidays mean its easier to take time off and go visiting.