tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204966244105335828.post6603007746418975254..comments2023-12-01T17:11:49.159+00:00Comments on Green Reading: March today against cutsAdrian Windischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16306364832746111534noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204966244105335828.post-16973286858833824762011-03-27T13:55:05.864+01:002011-03-27T13:55:05.864+01:00Cheers Ailbhe, very useful informationCheers Ailbhe, very useful informationAdrian Windischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16306364832746111534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204966244105335828.post-80258230890974044592011-03-27T12:12:46.912+01:002011-03-27T12:12:46.912+01:00Congratulations! Remember Reading has a sling libr...Congratulations! Remember Reading has a sling library if you want to borrow something to help with kangaroo care. Stretchy wrap slings are very useful for preemies.Ailbhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13766624288427858144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204966244105335828.post-52873301552885958682011-03-26T23:31:20.175+00:002011-03-26T23:31:20.175+00:00Cheers Weggis, a little girl 34 weeks 5 days so a ...Cheers Weggis, a little girl 34 weeks 5 days so a little premature. Yes its our first, now 2 days old. <br /><br />I want to cut trident, the subsidy to fossil fuel and the arms trade. I dont want cuts to services. That would be quite a long title so like most I just shorten it (in the title) to being against cuts.Adrian Windischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16306364832746111534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204966244105335828.post-27724692979746004722011-03-26T23:14:50.379+00:002011-03-26T23:14:50.379+00:00Coo! It sounds like your first?
Boy or girl, can&...Coo! It sounds like your first? <br />Boy or girl, can't tell from the image?<br />Congrats, but are you really against all "cuts"? :)weggishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651722712995395981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204966244105335828.post-12849513702498071932011-03-26T22:30:55.443+00:002011-03-26T22:30:55.443+00:00My first blog post 4 years ago was about improving...My first blog post 4 years ago was about improving the NHS, http://greenreading.blogspot.com/2007/01/can-gerry-robinson-save-nhs.html<br /><br />YOu seem to be asking for less paperwork, which is fine. Cuts will reduce services, no matter how much the Thatcherites claim to be reducing management. Managers will administer the cuts and most will not reduce their own role. <br /><br />I would not be surprised if when GPs are in charge that GPs will be paid more, while nurses and midwives struggle.Adrian Windischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16306364832746111534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204966244105335828.post-76594617909400509322011-03-26T20:59:37.268+00:002011-03-26T20:59:37.268+00:00There is certainly plenty of scope for cuts in the...There is certainly plenty of scope for cuts in the Health Service without affecting patient care, but governments never seem to be able to do it right.<br /><br />For example, the previous regime agreed to pay GPs more in return for doing less work - they are no longer responsible for out of hours care, and then paid them even more money to provide a separate out of hours care service.<br /><br />Having a separate out of hours clinic at the Royal Berks was probably a good idea, but it should have lead to the other GPs being paid less money, not more.<br /><br />Secondly, the NHS is the fourth largest employer in the world, after the Chinese Army, the Indian Railways and Wallmart. I'm pretty sure it isn't the largest healthcare service in the world, or anywhere near it. More than half of the NHS staff are admin staff, compared to about 1/6 in Bupa, so there must be a way to reduce bureaucracy in the NHS, and you will probably find that clinical staff have to spend a lot of their time keeping bureucrats happy rather than treating patients.<br /><br />Also, some parts of the NHS are already private and always have been, and this hasn't caused a problem. For example, I have never heard anyone complain about the ability of Boots to dispense NHS medicines. That is the one part of the NHS that does seem to work reliably all the time, perhaps because people can always go to Superdrug, Lloyds etc if they are not happy. People do complain about prescription charges and the fact that some expensive cancer drugs are not funded, but that is a separate issue that would exist in a publicly or privately provided service.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06344891322003805720noreply@blogger.com