Work in the NHS or healthcare? Qatar Airways is giving away 100,000 free flights

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• Riccatti says:

  12 May12 May 05:38

  What a stunt.

  Let’s get our healthcare professionals exposed to increased level of risk.

  This is completely against Stay Home and don’t take unnecessary risks approach. We ditched that anyway..

  • Callum says:

    12 May12 May 07:47

    The UK isn’t the centre of the world, no matter how many people think it is. There will be plenty of regions around the world that are completely safe to travel to/between during the dates of this promotion – even if the UK isn’t.

    • Riccatti says:

      12 May12 May 08:17

      Rubbish. You bring people together in airports, tight spaces, close contact on security checks.

      Next, where is that assured knowledge that some parts of the world are safer to travel to in between. No one has that information.

      To participate in this promotion you need to have money to travel (not just taxes, but for the entire holiday/travel). Dispensable income. Which means it is UK-EU-US medical professionals be taking advantage en masse, not say Indian or Brazilian medical professionals.

      • jkay86 says:

        12 May12 May 09:19

        Obviously you have no idea how much income some doctors in the ‘Third World’ earn.

      • jamie says:

        12 May12 May 09:59

        You don’t have to apply if you don’t want to

      • Callum says:

        12 May12 May 12:40

        Again, complete and utter rubbish.

        Doctors in the second and third world do indeed earn enough money to travel – especially if the flight is almost free. That’s an absolutely STAGGERING level of ignorance. The “UK isn’t the centre of the world” comment was meant to be a bit flippant, I didn’t realise how accurate it actually was!

        Plenty of regions are already safe to visit right now. Many more will be by December. You’re asserting that airports are dangerous places yet they’re still operating all around the world without any evidence that it’s fuelling the spread. I don’t doubt for a second it will be made even more secure over the coming months, minimising any risk. The fact that they’ve been working in hospitals literally surrounded by actively contagious patients yet the vast majority aren’t catching it demonstrates that pretty clearly.

        • Riccatti says:

          12 May12 May 14:57

          — Plenty of regions are already safe to visit right now.

          Now this is on the border of dangerous. Please don’t start giving advice about safe regions around the globe to visit “now”.

          How can you say such things, when there is absolutely no support to this claim of safety from COVID-19 and a local outbreak can occur from one super-spreader, completely unpredictably.

        • Baji Nahid says:

          12 May12 May 14:58

          its also very irritating and ignorant to call countries second or third world either, just because their living standards are different to yours does not give you the right to class parts of the world as such either. The UK too is now becoming a third world country by the look of things.

        • Riccatti says:

          12 May12 May 15:10

          and yes, utter nonsensical rubbish, pretty clearly.

          The entire states find that international travellers bring back secondary infection and “fuelling the spread” — China itself, Singapore, Australia. United States closed off to travellers from the EU specifically.

          The regions you are likely to regard as ‘safe’, such as New Zealand and Australia achieved the result by a complete shut down of international travel (New Zealand) and mandatory quarantine for ALL international arrivals in other places (Australia, Singapore, HK, China).

          Talking such language “you don’t doubt for a second”, “more secure over the coming months”, “minimising any risk” — you should really go for an election and like any politician know little what you are talking about and give your assurances of.

          How exactly they will make places such as airport ‘no risk’ zones — by washing all surfaces with industrial scale disinfectant, passengers wearing an equivalent of biohazard PPE, medical testing by a reliable, fast test before taking the flight? What exactly will remove “any risk” of a public transport.

          Please also don’t pretend to be an infection control specialist of a hospital, creating the evidence out of a whim.

      • Aston100 says:

        12 May12 May 19:45

        Are you bonkers mate?

  • Claire says:

    12 May12 May 16:49

    +1 agree!!

• SydneySwan says:

  12 May12 May 06:59

  Wife qualifies but passport in maiden name and hospital id in married name. I wonder if QR would allow us to board?

  • Lyn says:

    12 May12 May 22:16

    Why not? A lot of women use both their married and maiden names. Carrying a copy of your marriage certificate showing her maiden name as well as her married name (or yours at least) might be prudent in this case. Don’t passports show both names anyway? Good luck for her entry.

    • Lyn says:

      12 May12 May 22:17

      Sorry I didn’t read “passport in maiden name” properly. But the rest of my comment should still stand.

• vol says:

  12 May12 May 07:01

  The forgotten people:

  The cleaners and porters in hospitals also providing vital functions and services.

  They don’t get a break here 🤷🏽‍♀️

  • Jonathan says:

    12 May12 May 07:16

    I’d imagine a valid hospital ID would be fine. Mine just says staff anyway so no differentiation between me (a consultant) & anyone else. I’d rather the tickets went to my less recognised colleagues plus I don’t think my boss would agree any leave to travel long haul whilst there’s a threat of me being quarantined here or abroad!

• BJ says:

  12 May12 May 07:42

  If we are to believe that allocation is genuinely based on population then the UK allocation will be under 70 pairs of seats per day. Will be interesting to see how many HFP readers can snap up.

  • Polly says:

    12 May12 May 10:04

    Mind you, our lot are used to J. But AKL would be great, if,you,could use your status to chose a bulkhead seat, and bring one of those hammock thingies to support your legs. You might then have a soft of comfy flight…99 pairs of seats not bad daily tho…

    • Harry T says:

      12 May12 May 10:50

      Should be able to select bulkhead seats for free if these are genuine fully flexible Y tickets.

    • BJ says:

      12 May12 May 11:00

      Didn’t realise 99 pairs were allocated. I guess most yesterday and probably today will go to blog readers unless it has already hit the Lewis and heat sites.

    • Lady London says:

      12 May12 May 13:49

      Hammock thingy? link? wondering what you’d attach it to, in a bulkhead seat.

      • BJ says:

        12 May12 May 17:22

        Search airplane foot hammock on amazon.

        Anybody ordering one, remember to go via HFP affiliate link.

  • Lady London says:

    12 May12 May 17:51

    68 ? 🙂

    • BJ says:

      12 May12 May 18:02

      Spoiled for choice, seen a more elaborate version with a headset holder that should come in handy when you get the new ear muffs you were enquiring about 🙂

• mitpat474 says:

  12 May12 May 08:43

  any thoughts on dentists applying

  • Rob says:

    12 May12 May 09:01

    Yes, you shouldn’t.

  • xcalx says:

    12 May12 May 11:30

    “any thoughts on dentists applying”

    A tasteless joke, right.

    • BJ says:

      12 May12 May 12:37

      Only tasteless if you have Covid symptoms!

      Some dentists work exclusively for the NHS and are providing emergency care at the moment.

      • Fred says:

        12 May12 May 13:18

        where exactly? I know many NHS dentists sat at home and emergency cover (wherever it can be found) simply adds up to writing a script for pain relief or…extraction. Theres no restorative work being undertaken.

        • BJ says:

          12 May12 May 17:56

          I was thinking of dental hospitals not small surgeries. I thought they might be still quite busy with emergency procedures. Presumably some also come under clinical research too.

  • Aston100 says:

    12 May12 May 19:48

    Dentist?
    Isn’t that the cushiest medical role going?

• Trevor says:

  12 May12 May 08:55

  Hi folks
  The job list looks weirdly specific if they are actually looking for exact wording on your NHS ID. How about “Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist”? This is patient facing frontline work. ‘Nurse’ covers a multitude of disciplines. So do we think that they are looking for their specific wording? Most IDs say more than these terms. Clarification would be useful or there could be awkward scenes at the airport. Any thoughts Rob?

  • Rob says:

    12 May12 May 08:59

    You need to remember that this is a global offer with one set of definitions so there will be confusion. The definition of ‘nurse’ varies substantially country by country, for a start. If you have NHS ID I’m sure you’ll be fine.

    • Trevor says:

      12 May12 May 09:08

      Thanks! Set the alarm for 10pm then!

      Trev

• Ruby Adangampuram says:

  12 May12 May 09:30

  I work for nhs as a frontline radiographer.Your help is very much appreciated

  • Polly says:

    12 May12 May 09:58

    Hope you apply and get tkts

• xcalx says:

  12 May12 May 11:35

  Who would have thought we had so many NHS workers here on HfP.
  There was I thinking Harry was our goto Medical guy.

  • Don says:

    12 May12 May 11:56

    Other healthcare systems are available. The Envy of the World is not the only one in the world- not even in the UK.

    HfP has a global reach.

    Did anyone else get the blue box after submit? I haven’t received anything by email yet. It does suggest that if you’re expecting a code to appear on the screen after successful submission it won’t and there may even be a further lottery among those who manage to submit an entry.

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