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Salary is about equivalent or a bit less than the UK. What you have to consider is that in the UAE you will get a tax free salary, free accommodation, free flights, and a bonus (sometimes one month's salary for each year worked). The UAE is also free of the stealth taxes that the UK has - in the UK you actually pay 7 months of your income in direct and indirect taxes. Best of all is the UAE lifestyle -no need to lock your car and customer service is fantastic. You need to get yourself a good recruitment agent to get yourself over there - someone who isn't going to charge you a fee: Bridgewater International is excellent. Hope this helps.

Thanks for your support. I'll let you know how we go on.

To clarify this , she would sooner have neither the NG tube nor food nor water - its a pretty desperate situation.

Exactly right - (without breaking her rights of confidentiality), she is someone who would sooner have the trauma of the NG tube resited than gain weight.

They havent consented. They are on Section 3 of the Mental Health Act.

Thanks for all your replies - they are really helpful. We use a certain amount of sedation but we have to be careful about respiratory failure. We feel a bit unhappy about using material restraints but I can see where you are coming from. I think its going to have to be crucifix at 45 degrees, although keeping her head still is still going to be very difficult. I'll put it to the team.

Our team is caring for a patient with anorexia who is fitted with a naso gastric tube for feeding. Problem is the patient keeps pulling the tube out. English statute allows us to restrain her to replace the tube and feed her but we are looking for an effective restraint method. With a normal patient we would use a "crucifix" restaint, laying her flat and staff would hold her arms out and still. Similarly someone would hold her legs together. However, lying flat would be dangerous when inserting an NG tube. Anyone experienced this. Can they suggest a safe method of restraint whilst the patient is sitting upright or at least at 45 degrees. Even though this lady is very frail she is amazingly strong.