Patience remains my primary weapon,
Kawa. As in previous times of "fiscal difficulty", it will only take one equipment-related "incident" to make them change their tune. It has happened before, and it will happen again. I think we can be sure about that.
Agency techs are not Bank Nurses, for whom agencies fees of £ 60 an hour are not uncommon! Rates for techs are often only about a third of that (regrettably).
Meanwhile, Directors of Finance come, and Directors of Finance go (and quite rightly too, being, as they are, "two-a-penny"). But biomed techs who are willing and able to get stuck in and clear the work do not, as it were, grow on trees (never have, and doubtless never will).
