Thames Valley Delivery Method revision facts

[Martin Walsh]

There have been 38 delivery method revisons in the Thames Valley area , some have work , some intially failed and have been put right and some are still failing. I have also given you the ratio of full timers. quality of service remembering the postcode target is 91.5 , sick leave and gross hours savings.
There is no agenda behind it but it always helps to have some facts.

Stroud DO 75 full timers and 46 part timers ( ratio 62% -38 ) 94.1 quality of service as of Novemeber - 5.3% sick leave and gross year on year improvement 65 hours
Windsor DO 54 full timers and 9 part timers (ratio 86% -14%) 92.9 quality of service as of November - 2.0 sick leave and gross year on year improvement 338 hours
Hook DO 55 full timers and 8 part timers ( ratio 87-13 ) 93.5 quality of service as of November - 4.8 sick leave and gross year on year improvment of 170 hours
Gerrards Cross 29 full timers and 6 part timers ( ratio 83-17) 92.9 Q of S as of November - 9.4 % sick leave and gross year on year improvement 220
Reading RG 5,6 and 10 - 77 full timers and 14 part timers (ratio of 85 -15 ) 93.5 QofS - 3.1 % sick leave and gross year on year workhour improvement of 123hours
Maidenhead 102 full timers and 13 part timers ( ratio 89% 11% ) 92.9% Qof S - 2.7 sick leave and gross year on year workhour improvment 336
Abingdon 82 full timers and 5 part timers ( ratio 94%-6% ) 92.2% Qof S - 3% sick leave and year on year saving 376
Basingstoke 174FT and 29PT ( ratio 86%14% ) 93.5% Qof S - 2.2%sick leave and year on year workhour improvement is 212 hours
Cirenchester 51FT 14PT (ratio 78%-22% ) 94.1 Qof S -7.4% sick leave -year on year work hour improvement 270
Gloucester North 91FT 39PT ( ratio 70%-30% ) 94.1 QOS - 4.8% sick leave and year on year work hour 258
East Oxford 131FT and 23PT (ratio 85%-15% ) 92.3% QofS - 3% sick leave and year on year work hour saving 329
Aylesbury Vale 85FT and 3 PT ( ratio 97%-3% ) 92.9% Qof S - 5.85 sick leave and year on year saving 240
Reading RG1, 2 &4 - 180FT 27PT (ratio 87%-13% ) 93.5%Qof S - 5.2 % sick leave and gross work hour saving 671 hours
Cheltenham 145FT and 88PT (ratio 62%-38%) 94.1 Qof S - 4.9%sick leave and workhour saving of 208 hours
Aylesbury 97FT - 12PT (ratio89%-11% ) 92.9 QofS - 4.3% sick leave and this revision is not working and the overspend is currently running at 359 hours
Biggleswade 26FT - 10PT (ratio 72%-28% ) 90.9 Qof S - 1.2% sick leave and work hour saving 33 hours again this is another no working
Gloucester South 86FT 17PT (ratio 83% -17% ) 94.1% Qof S - 12.9% sick leave and is not working with an overspend of 54 hours more than last year
Edgware DO 68FT 3PT (ratio 96%-4% ) 94.1 QofS - 13.2 sick leave and work hour improvement is 211
Dursley 39FT - 19 PT ( ratio 67%-33% ) 94.1 Qof S - 3.7 sick leave and work hour improvment is 47 hours
Hertford 52FT - 6Pt ( ratio 90%-10% ) 90.9 Q of S - 7% sick leave and whilst it is saving hours 257 its quality is no good
Bracknell 110FT 16PT (ratio 87% - 13%) 93.5% QofS - 3.4% sick leave and work hour saving of 365 hours
Slough 169FT - 30PT ( ratio 85% -15%) 92.2QofS - 3.5% sick leave and work hour saving is 490 hours
Berkhamstead 40FT -1PT ( ratio 98%-2% ) 92.9% - 3.1% sick leave and work hour saving 118 hours
Hungerford 23FT - 4PT (ratio 85%-15% ) 93.5% QofS -5.9 % sick leave and work hour saving 69 hours
Wootton Bassett 26FT - 18PT ( ratio 59%-41%) 93.5% Qof S -4% sick leave and this is a revison again not working as they are spending an additional 35 hours
Hawksworth 105 ft - 49 Pt ( ratio 68% 32% ) 93% Qof S - 4.1% sick leave and is only saving 48 hours
Wokingham 86 FT - 6PT ( ratio 93%-7% ) 93% Qof S - 6.2% and is another revision not work and spending an additional 162 hours.
Hemel Hempstead 127FT - 10PT ( ratio 93%- 7% ) 92.9% Qof S ) 3.1% sick and this is another revision not working and spending an additional 153 hours
Bourne End 10FT - 1PT ( ratio 91% -9% ) This office is only saving 2 hours on leas year
Waltham Cross 105FT -13PT ( ratio 89%-11% ) 90.4% QofS - 6.4% sick and yet another not working and overspending
High Wycombe 97FT - 5FT ( ratio 95%-5% ) 92.9 Qof S - 6.8% sick and this revision is saving 334 hours
Southall 55FT -1pt (ratio 98%-2% ) 93.7 Qof S -6.8% sick - This revision is spending more than planned
The Hyde 59FT 0PT ( ratio 100% FT ) 90.9% Qof S - 8% sick leave - This revision has only been introduced about 5 weeks ago and intial reports is its going ok
Kilburn 73FT - 3PT ( 96%-4% ) 90.9% QofS - 7.8% sick leave and this revison has been a disaster and is overspending by over 400 per week
Dunstable 72FT 24PT ( 75%-25% ) 91.0% QofS -4.7% sick leave and is another revison not working and overspending
Kings Langley 37FT-1PT ( ratio 97%-3%) 91.6% - 3.9% sick leave and again this revision is not work and overspending
Uxbridge 119FT - 30PT ( ratio 80%-20% ) 93.7% QofS - 3.7% sick leave and again this revision is not saving the office as planned

So there you have it , some have saved money , some have failed and some have been corrected.

[toofpick]

Where is Watford??

That should make interesting reading!!

[fishtank]

I'm a bit confused...
Is gross year on year improvement hours being invested or savings being taken out?

[PhilthyPhil]

I think it means average hours saved per week

[clashcityrocker]

When I look at those F/T - P/T ratios I actually want to cry.

[fishtank]

I think it means average hours saved per week

Why would a union document list business savings as an improvement?

[Lincox]

I agree Fish, it does seem strange when the BT2010 was not about saving but delivering revisions that would modernise the business to make it fit for purpose. It is now plainly obvious that this is not the case. If the criteria for an office actually working is based on whether there is a large enough saving and meeting the regulators delivery specifications, and it,s sickness record, but does not take into account the stresses that are being put on the delivery staff or whether the business is providing the opportunities for bettering pay as stated in the Pay & Modernisation/BT2010 agreements, then stating that these areas are working may be a slight exaggeration of the true picture.

[dvbuk55]

Well it makes interesting reading IF you happen to be in Thames Valley, however do those figures translate nationally, particularly the FT/PT figures which are impressive. Ours was about 62/38 prior to the revisions and is now 50/50 and some of those FTs are temporary. Dingo posts factual matters pertaining to where he is when what is required is the CWU to post figures pertaining to the national state of affairs. As for savings was that part of BT 2010; not that I read in any of those early "leaks" nor in the final draft, in fact it was quite to the contrary but our indoor revision was put off because there was insufficient savings, so someone is telling porkys.

[hans solo]

our ft/pt ratio in ayrshire is also shocking wont be long before pt have majority vote in any decisions to be made very worrying that.
the only pt staff made up were wsm staff
no pt on delivery made up
it would seem to be the streets are paved with gold in some areas

[Martin Walsh]

For the record this is a Royal Mail document based on information the CWU requested. I think we can all state with some cartain that there is lots of hersey and rumours about what is going on but very little fact on either side of the debate.

This shows that in Thames Valley a number of revisions are now saving money and have high quality of service , whereas quite a few especially the ones which have recently been introduced are failing in terms of either quality or cost or both .

Now in terms of the ratio of full time and part time the fact is Scotland , The North East have always had a higher ratio of part timers going back to when there was two deliveries.

Like I said there is no agenda but sometimes it helpful to see some real figures some of which further work is being down to ensure its correct .

[hampshireman]

For the record this is a Royal Mail document based on information the CWU requested. I think we can all state with some cartain that there is lots of hersey and rumours about what is going on but very little fact on either side of the debate.

This shows that in Thames Valley a number of revisions are now saving money and have high quality of service , whereas quite a few especially the ones which have recently been introduced are failing in terms of either quality or cost or both .

Now in terms of the ratio of full time and part time the fact is Scotland , The North East have always had a higher ratio of part timers going back to when there was two deliveries.

Like I said there is no agenda but sometimes it helpful to see some real figures some of which further work is being down to ensure its correct .

Thanks for the info. I always read it with interest and much appreciate the insight.

A quick question (or more your opinion)

Why are there are so many revision failures (I think I know the answer).

I think what I am asking is what is the CWU view of these failures and the state of the revisions.

We are due our revision next March

[PhilthyPhil]

Having been to some of the offices listed as working, I certainly don't think the staff there would consider their revision to be 'working', even if it is delivering savings. Stroud DO is on that list as a successful revision but is on this forums list of failing revisions

[dvbuk55]

For the record this is a Royal Mail document based on information the CWU requested. I think we can all state with some cartain that there is lots of hersey and rumours about what is going on but very little fact on either side of the debate.

This shows that in Thames Valley a number of revisions are now saving money and have high quality of service , whereas quite a few especially the ones which have recently been introduced are failing in terms of either quality or cost or both .

Now in terms of the ratio of full time and part time the fact is Scotland , The North East have always had a higher ratio of part timers going back to when there was two deliveries.

Like I said there is no agenda but sometimes it helpful to see some real figures some of which further work is being down to ensure its correct .

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Well although I was a bit sceptical before, now that I know the figures are Royal Mails and not produced by the CWU, then there are a number of queries the CWU should be making of RM,not least of all like where are the figures for the rest of the country, which only then makes the statistic of any value because this is supposed to be a national union.

[fishtank]

For the record this is a Royal Mail document based on information the CWU requested..

So the thread title should really have read Thames Valley Delivery Method revision facts as presented to the CWU by Royal Mail but as yet unverified by the CWU as actually being facts.
Have we gathered any information ourselves from the troops on the ground as to whether these revisions are successful?....and i don't mean in terms of savings which should be the last thing we use to judge success.

[clashcityrocker]

whereas quite a few especially the ones which have recently been introduced are failing in terms of either quality or cost or both .

You would have thought that the later revisions would have built on the lessons learnt from earlier revisions and would have been more "efficient".
If you are saying the reverse is true it suggests that someone has changed something in the revision process.
Who, what and why?