Hi, my post is at risk, has been since feb and next week is my first consultation mtg, now I'm the only one in the department that's at risk and I think it's wrong! I have a steady flow of work coming in, but I'm told that when I'm gone they will distribute my workload to others in the department (I'm a sec/admin Assistant). We have 2 recruitment assistants but as we can't afford to recruit and won't be recruiting steadily for a long time, I can't understand why one of these posts isn't made redundant instead. At the moment they have not much work to do and come into ask me for things to do!!! I did raise this with my mgr who said that the reason the recruitment posts were not at risk is because that soon there will be some work coming their way, I said that I assume that anyone in the dept can do this work to which she replied well yes and shrugged!!! I just can't seem to understand why they are making my post redundant when I have plenty to do, but the recruitment roles are diminishing?!?! Please can I have some advice?!?!

i work and have worked in several NHS hospitals, there is alway a complaint department, which consists of a couple of secs doing the admin, i have dealt with several different data access requests, and there is indeed a form you can complete to have access to medical files, my employers chanrge the full £50, but i would suggest rather than going through PALS, or the complaints department, contact the Medical Records department, there will be the people ultimately who will charge you and copy the file and send to you. contact the main number for the hospital and ask for the medical records department, ask for the access to patient medical records form, get them to send it you, fill it out and send back to them with the cheque.

Thanks SarEl, i am really angry at my boss, he's been there 4 months, come in and made me redundant! i thought we were a team, and a good one at that. i dont doubt he has a difficult job finding the savings that need to be made, and i certainly dont want anyone else made redundant, i honestly believe that the savings can be made across the team (and the team agree with me, but at the moment they are just glad its not them in my situation!!!), by cutting a couple of hours for everyone, i wouldnt even mind having my wages cut along with a couple of less hours! a job is better than no job! the only thing my line manager is looking into at the moment is what job both me and the HR assistant/child care coordinator do, to be honest i havent raised all the other points with them yet, i could do with a little more advice on how to approach, iam expecting my first formal meeting when i go back, do i pepare a paper outlining the points i raised or just go in to talk? or is the appeal stage the best time to bring up these other points? Again thanks for any advice

ok, firstly really sorry for the length! i started my job as a PA to the deputy director 6 years ago, 18 months ago that deputy left and a new one started and didnt use me as a PA anymore, just diary management, and at the same time our child care co ordinator left (we receive seperate funding for a full time post), me and my colleague, a HR assistant was asked to pick up this child care work, as my collegue enjoyed it more than me, she took over the duties, and as i wasnt being used as a PA anymore i shifted to my colleagues job, HR assistant. i now do all the duties expected of a HR assistant for the team. That deputy left, and for a few months we no deputy at all, so i continued doing the HR assistant job, i enjoyed it as well. A new deputy started in Oct last year, and during my PDR with my line manager in Sept last year it was noted that iam now more of a HR assistant than a PA, i was concerned that when the new deputy started he would use me again as a PA, my line manager said that she would argue against it as iam more use as a HR assistant. then new deputy started and indeed i carried on with my duties as usual with the addition of a few PA duties. on 3rd feb i got a post it note inside an envelope left on my desk from the deputy asking me to a meeting with him and my line manager on 17th feb to discuss the HR structure and future roles, now we knew that he had the job of making a huge saving, a poss that some jobs could go, but with it being on a post it, i didnt think it to be sinister. i attended my meeting on 17th where i was told that due to the savings needed to be made there was no room for my role, and my post was "at risk". After thinking about this overnight, they didnt actually state which post was going, the PA role or HR assistant. i asked my line manager for 5 mins, and asked her that question, she replied the PA role was going and my duties would be distributed to others in the team, i replied that i didnt do that job, i was more of a HR assistsnt, and if both roles are being made redundant that my colleague who does the child care role would also be "at risk", as she does a different job, but never officially given a contract for the child care role, also the funding we receive for the child care post is full time, my colleague only works 30 hours, and approx 6 hours a week is spent on HR assistant work with me. my line manager has said that if i am correct then that changes everything and will look into it, iam on annual leave for a week whilst she looks into it. Also in the HR department we have 2 full time recruitment assistants (technically HR assistants on their wage slips), and we are not recruiting as the company is skint, they have been very vocal that they have not a lot of work to do, why need recruitment assistants if not recruiting! and we wont be recruiting at a steady rate for a long time due to money!. i have several questions! can they make a post redundant and distribute the work to others? where do i stand on the whole what job do i do? my argument is that the PA role was going, now ive told them that i dont do that job, they may say that the HR assistant role is also going, it soounds like its me they want rid of, not the post! if indeed they say that both roles are to go, then my collegues post would need to be reviewed would it? as she does 6 hours per week of HR related work. iam sure the company that funds the child care role would like to know that of the 37.5 hours they pay for, we only use 30 hours and 6 of which is spent doing a completely different role! Why make my post redundant when there is 2 people there hardly doing anything? all that will ahppen is i will go and my duties will end up being done by these 2 recruitment assistants. none of this has been done offcially, my colleague never recieved a contract, although did receive a pay rise, i never officially become the HR assistant, it just happened. Any advice would be appreciated. thanks