Dress code bans novelty socks

I worked within the ambulance service a few years ago and at that time the ambulance crews had a sock allowance and everyone claimed it in full - if the trust is still paying for the socks surely they have a say in what they pay for

Having volunteered in the past to help with children with cancer I really hope this kind of thinking is stopped and soon.

Those Kids, although they were incredibly brave where you find yourself facing humility like you've never known before, certainly enjoyed seeing novelty clothes, anything that even for a brief moment could give them the simplest escape was worth it.

These managers ought to be ashamed of themselves for wasting time on such nonsense, they seem to have too much time on their hands and need to be thinned out in favour of more paramedics

I can understand that where there is a uniform or a need for conventional dress, that a line has to be drawn somewhere, but socks does on the face of it seem a bit extreme. Unless the socks are musical or something (not very appropriate for an undertaker's socks to suddenly burst in to the birdie song or agadoo as the deceased is lowered in to the ground) you would have thought a bit of diversity in the sock department was quite minor.

This is what happens when corporativism weasels its way into an organisation. One view, one dress code, one way of doing things and everyone buys into the organisations world view. I think the Germans had a word for it. Remove individuality and personal expression and make evryone compliant little clones.
Its easier for incompetent managers to manage when they dont have to think.

Could Jon Lenney or the members of the Trust Board explain to me how the wearing of normal socks instead of novelty socks is going improve the level of infection control or health and safety? Next the trust board will be saying that the wearing of novelty boxer poses a serious risk of an infection or places the lives of patients at serious risk!

ps. Do Argyll socks count as novelty? If I get knocked down and require treatment I wouldn't want to be party to misconduct on the part of the paramedic. Can I insist on full disclosure?

Ah, but Jon Lenney said ""We would expect our staff to wear uniforms provided ..." so are we to assume that the uniform includes hosiery?
How embarrassing at your Mason's initiation ceremony to roll up the trouser leg to stand there resplendent with apron, trowel and 'novelty' socks. Together with the ubiquitous trouser leg, socks help to cover a multitude of shins.
Next on the list will be subversive underwear and aggressive facial hair (including the men). As a member of my local NHS Trust I'm reassured that such weighty matters are fully explored to protect our wonderful emergency services from suspicion of having human frailties. Jon Lenney has cause to proud of his Trusts widely deserved reputation for carrying out sense of humour (and proportion) transplants.

Yea, but what about other novelty accessaries expressing the personality and/or beliefs of the individual from jewelry or head gear or ceramonial daggers ?

If a Sihk, for example, can ware a turban and we are discussing children having a cerimonial dagger at school then why oh why cannot a customer service person have a piece of jewelry in the form of a cross around their neck ?

We are not talking psychopathic devience here just a little "diversity" - what ?