tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post7944949402050137479..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Mascot Watch 17: If You Don't Ask ...Dick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-1662390328803835412012-06-22T15:51:31.729+01:002012-06-22T15:51:31.729+01:00So wait... the great National Health Service, envy...So wait... the great National Health Service, envy of the world, run by those selfless Men in Whitehall for the benefit of mankind, doesn't actually <em>know</em> how much we're paying its staff? Time for the shareholder spring to hit them, surely? Why should PLCs get all the fun? (And while we're at it, have at the BBC too...)<br /><br />Jay, I'm given to understand (although there's a good chance I've been misinformed*) that they don't even take the Hippocratic Oath any more. It would certainly explain a lot...<br /><br />*Tch, the internet, eh?Sam Duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-42519384959370776332012-06-21T22:11:37.346+01:002012-06-21T22:11:37.346+01:00Very good point, FSM. Very good point, FSM. Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-10615038012982777472012-06-21T22:07:03.889+01:002012-06-21T22:07:03.889+01:00Is it known whether the 70-odd % of GPs who are no...Is it known whether the 70-odd % of GPs who are not directly employed by the NHS are included in both these sets of statistics? If not the first set would be even more offensive although the second would show a better balance between quacks and pen-pushers. fatsadmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-59621926077670162922012-06-21T21:43:02.828+01:002012-06-21T21:43:02.828+01:00Happening everywhere - in every sodding area of th...Happening everywhere - in every sodding area of the private sector you have non-productive (ie non-wealth producing) leeches strangling business. It's normally masked as 'compliance'. In the NHS, you have admin contributing sod all to the objectves of the organisation and who dictate policy driven by barely concealed financial targets to the clinical staff.<br /><br />O/T but article in the Daily Wail yesterday claiming that doctors are interpreting the 'Care Pathway' to mean they can murder (they wouldn't, of course, express it that way) elderly hospital in-patients because they're no more than bed-blockers. We've come a long, long way from the ethical interpretation of the hypocratic oath. These are of course, the same people who are hounding the young to not jeopardise their tax-producing drone potential by indulging in smoking, drinking, eating salt etc etc.Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-77125411107709447212012-06-21T20:36:53.277+01:002012-06-21T20:36:53.277+01:00That's thoroughly mental. I know Connecting fo...That's thoroughly mental. I know Connecting for Health, the £14bn circle jerk that has had virtually no successful outcomes is getting rolled into Dept of Health and the NHS Info centre to form some non exec gov dept with a turnover of God alone knows what. Couple that with PCT reorgs into Clinical Commissioning Groups which no-one knows anything about and it's a licence to print cash. Ho hum.Dick the Pricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-24684397082985896062012-06-21T18:07:40.214+01:002012-06-21T18:07:40.214+01:00I wonder how much of that non medical money is giv...I wonder how much of that non medical money is given to ASH bearing in mind that even their interns get above the national mim wage at £8.50 an hour <br />http://www.w4mpjobs.org/JobDetails.aspx?jobid=35169 Patsynursenoreply@blogger.com