General Discussion
The state of the NHS - where the money has gone (and is still going)
You will remember there was a strike by some NHS staff earlier this week about their not receiving a 1% pay rise.
There is an editorial in this week's Dawlish Post on page 8 headed the "National Wealth Service" which refers to that strike whilst pointing out that the trust that runs Torbay Hospital is presently looking for a new chief executive. According to the DP "the last postholder was paid between £160,000 to £165,000 a year plus expenses".
The lastest edition of Private Eye (see page 30) also has an article on the NHS. This one is entitled "A consultant will see you now........". The article however does not refer to medical consultants but rather management ones and the vast amounts of money they are charging the NHS for er...........management consultancy.
At the bottom of the article there is this gem:
"£500m - the amount Jeremy Hunt says could be added to the NHS salary bill by across-the-board 1per cent pay rise, which this week's strike was calling for
£3bn - estimated cost of Andrew Lansley's NHS reforms..........."
