It seems the Europe debate is set to rumble on, it could even come to a head as soon as this week, but we shall have to wait and see. Europe has become a very different place to the naive select few Countries that made the first bold steps towards a single market amongst their closest neighbours way back in the early 70's.
In those days it seemed like a gilt edged plan full of promise and a wonderful way to build a solid trading bond with allies that couldn't be broken.
As with all massive institutions however, there comes a time when the sheer weight of different opinions and bureaucracy has turned it round into a slow moving overbearing giant with little or no relation to the sharp, fit forward looking ideas it started out with originally.
This is very much the case apparent with our own wonderful NHS, now overburdened with a management that has lost complete control of finances and direction due to the sheer weight of opinions, targets and lack of strong leadership, in effect no-one is singing from the same hymn sheet, the nurses are over-worked as more and more legislation is heaped upon them along with targets that simply can't be met, what was a straight forward simplistic idea that benefited everyone in the Country is now a wounded angel with a heart that must surely soon slow to a murmur and eventually die. If this all sounds familiar, well take a look at Europe, what started as a fine idea has grown to be unrecognisable.
So if we jump ship with Europe, walk away and say thank you but no thank you my guess is that we could then drop all the legislation that burdens such institutions like the NHS and effectively save it from the brink, sorry if that sounds very simplistic but i believe it to actually be the case.
For too long Doctors and Nursing staff have had to put up with plastic managers dreamt up by our European brethren and placed there to "protect" our human rights. Poppycock. What has happened in reality is that we now have good staff working ridiculous hours on poor pay while these autocrats with their smart suites and skirts waltz around with a clip board's with yet another form for them to fill in while on twice the money of the people actually doing the job, sounds like Europe still?, you bet it does.
Here is a bold statement, if i was given the reigns of the NHS today, I would wager my reputation that I could half it's budget within 12 months and turn it into the pride of this country as it always was deemed to be. No, I am not joking and neither am I some magician, but I do have one thing that is coherently missing from this now aimlessly wondering lost giant, I am from the private sector. I have been in business over 22 years, I know how to run a business and I know what the requirements are to stay afloat and be competitive, these are key elements that until put in place will see the demise of the NHS, it will be privatised, in fact its on its way so now because it is deemed a poison challis by all politicians who themselves have no business acumen let alone the will to tackle the issues which will leave it to wither and die due to pure mismanagement, nothing else. So go on Mr Cameron, let me have the reigns for 12 months, let's face it I could hardly do worse could I?.
I do believe we have probably had our summer. One day this month we received a whole two days of sunshine and reached a heady 22 degrees. It's now half way through May, 6 weeks from the longest day and the log burner is still in constant use, leaving one or two of us scratching our heads over the Global warming saga. One thing that really did strike me as quite hilarious the other day was the LEZ ( London's Low Emissions Zone) legislation. It made me chuckle that Londoners have the toughest legislation in any City with regard to vehicle pollution and believe it to now be full of quality Oxygen that only comes second to a walk in the Shropshire hills. As much as i hate to be a party pooper just look skywards you guys... what isn't getting you from ground level is sure as hell making up for it in the sky.
I am about to go into the kitchen and grab my favourite tipple, those of you who know me will be aghast to think I am drinking Scotch this early, but no, that OTHER favourite tipple, coffee. I am sure that I would be rendered as useless as Superman with a bar of Kryptonite on his lap if I were to ever go without that first brew of the morning and despite so many claims that it is bad for you and can cause hyperactivity and can be as addictive as any drug I am sure I have it all under control, why anyone would worry about 15 cups a day is beyond me, it's just those damned scare mongers again, I can give up any time I want to....
Enjoy your Sunday I am sure you all deserve it.
In those days it seemed like a gilt edged plan full of promise and a wonderful way to build a solid trading bond with allies that couldn't be broken.
As with all massive institutions however, there comes a time when the sheer weight of different opinions and bureaucracy has turned it round into a slow moving overbearing giant with little or no relation to the sharp, fit forward looking ideas it started out with originally.
This is very much the case apparent with our own wonderful NHS, now overburdened with a management that has lost complete control of finances and direction due to the sheer weight of opinions, targets and lack of strong leadership, in effect no-one is singing from the same hymn sheet, the nurses are over-worked as more and more legislation is heaped upon them along with targets that simply can't be met, what was a straight forward simplistic idea that benefited everyone in the Country is now a wounded angel with a heart that must surely soon slow to a murmur and eventually die. If this all sounds familiar, well take a look at Europe, what started as a fine idea has grown to be unrecognisable.
So if we jump ship with Europe, walk away and say thank you but no thank you my guess is that we could then drop all the legislation that burdens such institutions like the NHS and effectively save it from the brink, sorry if that sounds very simplistic but i believe it to actually be the case.
For too long Doctors and Nursing staff have had to put up with plastic managers dreamt up by our European brethren and placed there to "protect" our human rights. Poppycock. What has happened in reality is that we now have good staff working ridiculous hours on poor pay while these autocrats with their smart suites and skirts waltz around with a clip board's with yet another form for them to fill in while on twice the money of the people actually doing the job, sounds like Europe still?, you bet it does.
Here is a bold statement, if i was given the reigns of the NHS today, I would wager my reputation that I could half it's budget within 12 months and turn it into the pride of this country as it always was deemed to be. No, I am not joking and neither am I some magician, but I do have one thing that is coherently missing from this now aimlessly wondering lost giant, I am from the private sector. I have been in business over 22 years, I know how to run a business and I know what the requirements are to stay afloat and be competitive, these are key elements that until put in place will see the demise of the NHS, it will be privatised, in fact its on its way so now because it is deemed a poison challis by all politicians who themselves have no business acumen let alone the will to tackle the issues which will leave it to wither and die due to pure mismanagement, nothing else. So go on Mr Cameron, let me have the reigns for 12 months, let's face it I could hardly do worse could I?.
I do believe we have probably had our summer. One day this month we received a whole two days of sunshine and reached a heady 22 degrees. It's now half way through May, 6 weeks from the longest day and the log burner is still in constant use, leaving one or two of us scratching our heads over the Global warming saga. One thing that really did strike me as quite hilarious the other day was the LEZ ( London's Low Emissions Zone) legislation. It made me chuckle that Londoners have the toughest legislation in any City with regard to vehicle pollution and believe it to now be full of quality Oxygen that only comes second to a walk in the Shropshire hills. As much as i hate to be a party pooper just look skywards you guys... what isn't getting you from ground level is sure as hell making up for it in the sky.
I am about to go into the kitchen and grab my favourite tipple, those of you who know me will be aghast to think I am drinking Scotch this early, but no, that OTHER favourite tipple, coffee. I am sure that I would be rendered as useless as Superman with a bar of Kryptonite on his lap if I were to ever go without that first brew of the morning and despite so many claims that it is bad for you and can cause hyperactivity and can be as addictive as any drug I am sure I have it all under control, why anyone would worry about 15 cups a day is beyond me, it's just those damned scare mongers again, I can give up any time I want to....
Enjoy your Sunday I am sure you all deserve it.
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