I am so confused and frustrated by this whole thing. Email yesterday said that she was talking to h.r and resolution would happen in a week to ten days and I could use my holidays (not happy about that). I sent an email back to ask what the discussions were about and the possible outcomes. Today received reply saying her secretary would contact me tomorrow to arrange a meeting to review the allegations of last year and discuss my return to work. I am feeling very uneasy about the whole situation and feel that something dodgy is going on. How will I know if this is going to be a disciplinary hearing in disguise giving me no time to prepare. If I am given a warning do I have to sign and accept it? Finally can I raise a grievance about the mishandling of the entire process? My professional reputation has been damaged and I no longer have any faith in my employers to treat me fairly in the future.

Hi all Will try to keep this as brief as I can received a phone call from work (nhs staff nurse) last may stating I was suspended for not following a procedure correctly . I had been shown this method of doing things by a senior staff nurse on the ward and all the nurses were doing it in the way I was suspended for. I made the manager aware of this on the phone call and waited and waited... Never received a letter detailing reasons for suspension, month or so later got letter for investigation meeting and went with my union rep. Was told I would find out in the next week if I was going to disciplinary. Waited and waited, called them up and kept getting told we will contact you soon. Letter arrives in AUgust to go to o.h to see if I am fit to go to disciplinary and beg them to move this forward. Still hear nothing from work, go into early labour 5 wks early end september and onto m My six months maternity full pay is ending so I tell h.r I want to return to work and discover they never knew that I was suspended. Send them a strong email detailing how company did not even follow its own basic policies of sending letter to confirm suspension Finally hear back from manager who suspended me to arrange a meeting with her. I asked what it was about and she stated she had been told that I did not receive a letter regarding suspension and she was therefore not in a position to invoke it now! She wanted to meet around my shifts to "close the disciplinary matter". Now I am due back next week and she is now saying she is still in discussion with h.r regarding my return to work and I can use my leave from last year( could not take because of suspension) until it is resolved. Should I have to use my leave in this way and what could these "discussions" be about do you think? Is there a double jeapordy rule or can I be suspended again (lawfully this time)? Any thoughts or advice gratefully received xx