The health service has found a way to keep valued parent employees on their shifts. Annette Rawstrone reports
Catering for the childcare needs of a workforce that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, is a daunting task, but childcare co-ordinators employed by NHS Trusts are doing just that.
Childcare co-ordinators are a vital part of the Government's NHS Childcare Strategy to ensure that the 250,000 NHS staff with children aged under 14 can find the support they need to combine work and family demands. By April 2003 all parents working for the NHS should have access to a childcare co-ordinator who can organise or advise on childcare provision.
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