Re: NHS Sorted!
In my opinion there is far too much interference by politicians.
In the UK there are 4 National Health Services. Autonomy may be a good thing but having 4 distinct buying groups would be ridiculous if there were only 4. Hospital Trusts also have their own Purchasing Departments too.
It would be far more efficient is contracts were negotiated UK wide & the contracts should be mandatory for every NHS Trust to obtain their services & goods through those contracts & only through those contracts.
Senior managers with little or no Health Service knowledge charged with managing & competing with other trusts is ludicrous. So many managers paid high salaries for services that are truly of dubious value. The health service does not suffer from poor management but rather no management. I knew of a Trust which had 60 senior managers with total staff numbers of only 800.
Caring isn't a matter of ticking boxes. |It's about ensuring that every patient has personalised care rather than scripted nursing.
Employment numbers seem to be an obsession & take precedence over
adequately staffing wards & shifts. £3Bn+ on agency staff is unbelievable, On what little I do know about employing Agency staff. the agencies have made an absolute killing.
So as I wrote earlier keep the politicians out of the equation