John Marwood
I ♥ cryptic crosswords
"... You know, like businesses operate..."
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Perhaps better get the ketchup ready for a hat based dinner then......No. There is an unbelievable amount of money wasted by the public sector, including the NHS. I'd eat my hat if worthwhile efficiencies couldn't be made with some intelligent thinking. You know, like businesses operate.
It can be done - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14971984 - but, it would be better not to get into that state in the first place, surely?Good, solid procurement done by people who know what they're buying would save a fortune.
Not limited to, but including the NHS, I can assure you that procurement within the public sector is so woolly and poor that if it weren't our money and people suffering from poor services it would be comical. Good, solid procurement done by people who know what they're buying would save a fortune.
In the industry in which I work, there are two types of commercial buyer. Those who have an engineering background (I work in engineering - substitute a suitable background as necessary for purchasing hospital supplies, school supplies etc.) and those who have a number crunching background. Guess who gets the best prices?
Indeed, there is money to be saved in things that are clicked - or could be clicked.Things that go clunk or shunt cannot be managed as easily as things that go click
A company which became the first private firm to manage an NHS hospital says it wants to "withdraw from its contract".
Circle Holdings, which operates Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridgeshire, said its franchise is "no longer viable under current terms".
The move comes amid funding cuts and pressure on the casualty department, Circle said.
The Department of Health said it was "disappointed" in the decision.
But they signed a contract, feck them!
We don't have to raise income tax, someone's got a (which I agree with) plan;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32083668
Everyone loves an underdog ...right?
...and salt you idiot, don't forget to TAX salt!