Request ED, AAU and S-DEC Porters for collection dirty linen

We are undersigned,  ED, AAU and SDEC Medirest Barnet Hospital Porters,  that's we refuse collecting dirty linen because the reasons listed below: 

- The collection dirty linen duty not belongs to our job description and just added recently without our agreement. 

- Following the meeting was held between GMB Union and Medirest Management and conversation between both of them and after discuss the dirty linen Michael Harris said that the dirty linen collection was did before by ED Porters as volunteers and right now the trust request Medirest ED Porters to include in them job description and  Medirest will get paid for it.

- This job is the Housekeeping and Healthcare Assistant responsibilities. The designated facilities manager handles the overall linen contract, ensuring clean linen is available and that dirty linen is collected, removed, laundered, and returned according to the contract.

- The dirty linen collection in ED was stopped by Medirest Management for more than three months and this is another proof that's is not belong to Medirest ED, AAU and SDEC Porters. 

- AAU department have five Bays and each Bay have nurse and Healthcare Assistant, similar like the Wards so in this case the healthcare Assistant its them job responsibilities to collect the dirty linen. 

- Thee job description of the Porters doesn't include the collection dirty linen from Emergency Department, its included collection and transferring linen, and this is for Porters Linen job and its Ellis Porters job responsibilities. 

 -  By the NHS, the nursing staff in the Emergency Department are primarily responsible for used linen is placed in the appropriate container for collection. This is includes making sure the linen handled safely to minimise infection risk. Porters ( Elis Linen's Porters) transport the collective linen to the laundry. 

- We request for a meeting with Medirest Porters Manager with our Union Rep to discuss this further, 

- We request to get paid for this job if you looking to add to our job description and our GMB Union will negotiate this further with Medirest Management. 

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