States staff problems: ‘We need action now’

Monday 11th August 2008, 2:29PM BST.

STAFF vacancies must be addressed to ensure the States is maximising its resources, says Deputy Sam Maindonald.
The Home Department member said the issue needed to be looked at quickly because too much pressure was being put on some members of staff working in under-staffed departments.
And she fears that the fundamental spending review, which is expected to be completed next summer, will not necessarily result in action being implemented quickly enough.
‘At the moment we have got a number of staff vacancies, which is increasing pressure across departments. It means staff are having to do their job plus more and that not only puts pressure on them but on their families and everything else.’
Deputy Maindonald felt there was a greater possibility of cross-departmental working that could fix the problem.