RE: CPD days per year

enigmaticat-uk — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:04:59 GMT

I've never been allowed days off work for CPD - I would have to use annual leave or possibly take unpaid leave with permission if it was something very important to me.

RE: CPD days per year

Alison Clare Hickman — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 10:32:06 GMT

Hi,

At all the different practices I've worked at... the answer is... it depends on the practice!

From: none allowed (all in own time and unpaid) to a working day off (paid) on an ad-hoc basis as and when the management decided to allow it, with me funding the CPD, all the way through to an annual CPD allowance in paid working time off with money available to spend on the actual CPD.

I prefer the last one as it took the 'please sir may I have some more?' begging bowl away and it was administered very fairly across the board, depending on experience, need and as a reward for excellence. A Great Boss!

hth

Ali h