Health

I was rather annoyed that our fat leader saw fit to spend some stupendous amount on rolls of wallpaper for his flat in Downing Street (plus I have heard rumours that it was not even stuck up properly, something which can be tricky with hard-core, heavy-duty wallpaper), while denying a decent bonus to NHS staff for their efforts over the past year or so.

Further annoyed today to read that he and his team are planning yet another reorganisation - the last big one now being a bit long in the tooth at eight years. Maybe the last one was a bit of a disaster and needs to be rolled back - but the impression given here at Epsom is that they would rather spend money on expensive management consultants than pay the people who do the work a bit more and perhaps get enough of them. Maybe expensive management consultancies throw good parties for their customers.

PS 1: maybe now is not quite the right time to be throwing billions of pounds at a tunnel under Stonehenge - however good the parties are. See reference 3.

PS 2: there is also the consideration that a lot of these management consultants are hired out by the same people who do such a great job of auditing the likes of Carillion and Northern Rock. Not to mention RBS.

Reference 1: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951305.

Reference 2: https://www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/doctors-seek-respite-before-further-reforms.

Reference 3: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2020/08/ten-minutes-on-a303.html.