General Discussion
What happened to the promise by Bozo (on his brexit campaign) that there will be lots of money spent on training up thousands of nurses? Pie in the sky as always!!!
This is an old chestnut that gets trotted out every time when they say that they have to pay these inordinate sums to get the best people for the job. Most of the time the people they get are only after the money, not interested in taking any responsibility and are not up to the job anyway.
I don't know who voted for it and who didn't. However, as Devon County Council is Conservative controlled I imagine that most if not all of the Conservative councillors did. "senior Liberal Democrat councillor Alan Connett, leader of the opposition until earlier this year, criticised the increase at last week’s full council meeting – calling it the “wrong thing to do”. “As we all know, there ...
It seems that the Devon council passed a vote to increase the salary of its new chief executive to 200k a year.This is the council that are seemingly £40 odd million in debt.The reason for the increase is the usual waffle about can't attach the right people on £175k/year. Would love to know how the dawlish/Teignbridge councillors on Devon council voted on this one.... Crisis what crisis ...
https://www.migrationwatchuk.org/press-release/634/more-than-23000-uk-applicants-for-nursing-courses-rejected-last-year-even-as-covid-ravaged-britain
and then add in the numbers who, whilst on the payroll, are not actually at work due to sickness (stress/Covid etc). And another thing - if some of those vacancies are being filled by temporary agency staff then how much is that costing the NHS?
One thing you can guarantee as the years trundle on is the council taxes will continue to increase and the services decline. Whilst, in my opinion, councillor's wages and benefits will more than likely increase. No different to the m.p's who are professionals at manipulating the truth to get their own way and then doing the complete opposite when they have what they want. Been going on for ...
According to this newspaper report https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/hundreds-health-jobs-need-filling-7378160  ; there are 713 NHS job vacancies within 30 miles of Newton Abbot, 347 of which are in Exeter and Torbay. 170 are in the Exeter area 177 are in Torbay
Decision: Resolved that this Council recommends refusal on the grounds that: · The Committee has severe concerns regards the link road alignment from this site to the adjoining application site 21/02674 (see image below and ‘X’ marker), · The Committee has concerns regards which application (22/01067/MAJ or 22/01042/MAJ) covers the link road access from Gatehouse ...
Resolved that this Council recommends refusal on the grounds that: · The site does not conform with the DA2 Supplementary Planning Document in that that the western boundary path appears incomplete, · The proposed link road appears to narrow when connecting with application site 22/01042/MAJ and does not appear to adhere to ‘avenue’ specifications; and ...