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@cee-dee wrote:

 

All those criticising seem to want is to throw ever more money in to the situation when really, a lot of the money available today is being wasted on those with their hand in the till.

 

 

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First I have to say that I didn't see the program because I refuse to support the BBC by paying the licence fee because IMO they are a prime example of what is killing services in this country.  A huge and growing "administration".   Whether it's the NHS, Local Authorities, the Armed Forces, Railways or the BBC there is a vast amount of over administration, sucking far too much out of the budget and its primary aim is to safeguard itself.  So when there are cuts it's the front line that is cut not the non-productive drones.

I heard only last night that the crisis in my local hospital (QEQM Margate) is so bad that GPs are being draughted into A&E.  Yet a neighbour (who works there) tells me that as a priority policy the same hospital has decided that all appliances must be "cord free" if possible.  Health and safety box ticking leading to the scrapping of equipment and buying new to replace it.

A friend in Brighton worked at a Local Authority scheme to reduce bed blocking.  It was so badly run that carers were sitting around with nothing to do because the admin. found it impossible to match carers to patients needing to leave hospital.  The cost of this service per hour of care was over twice as much as similar services provided by the private sector.  It spent its budget in less than six months and closed.   The head of this "service" previously administered a local marina.  He arrived with the usual high salary and relocation package, was totally incompetent, considered his position and swanned off to wreak havoc in another local authority.  With a golden handshake and another relocation package.  

I work for my GP, helping him and his wife in their garden.  We talk as we work and both he and his wife are constantly stressed by the state of his practice.  He regularly works a six day week, often until ten or eleven at night because after seeing the ever growing number of patients he has to catch up on paper-work.  Even though there are twice as many clerical "support" workers than doctors.  The Practice Managers answer to this is to employee a Deputy Practice Manager.  Although he is the head of the health centre he feels that it is out of his control.  The admin. now control the budget and are telling him that he can't employ medical staff, he doesn't have enough money.

If services in this country are to be saved let alone improved the first thing that has to be done is someone from outside the existing structures has to be given a very large axe to hack away the un-necessary form filling and box ticking designed to keep the admin. employed.  This in itself will free much needed money and cut down on the money they waste.  The incompetents who somehow move effortlessly from one job to the next should be put on the dole and effective scaled down management re-introduced.

I could go on and on but I will get a "Ticket Mismatch" soon.