tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post1432925105241279517..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Planning - e minusA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-6411207289113214772011-10-30T10:58:12.503+00:002011-10-30T10:58:12.503+00:00DD - the problem is finding suitable donors.DD - the problem is finding suitable donors.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-38375179191210468352011-10-30T08:57:19.041+00:002011-10-30T08:57:19.041+00:00I wonder if they offer brain transplants as part o...I wonder if they offer brain transplants as part of their service?David Duffhttp://duffandnonsense.typepad.com/duff_nonsense/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-76882718584340262722011-10-30T07:41:43.868+00:002011-10-30T07:41:43.868+00:00Anon - what surprise and astonishment?Anon - what surprise and astonishment?A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-11222922769921915552011-10-29T22:39:04.514+01:002011-10-29T22:39:04.514+01:00Oh for fucks sake, why the surprise and astonishme...Oh for fucks sake, why the surprise and astonishment, it's not their money that's being pissed up against the wall, is it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-8652592808887229112011-10-29T22:19:37.802+01:002011-10-29T22:19:37.802+01:00M - odd isn't it? Supermarkets manage to get i...M - odd isn't it? Supermarkets manage to get it right.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-54347220030359587142011-10-29T21:57:13.523+01:002011-10-29T21:57:13.523+01:00Sadly this is standard practice these days; a simi...Sadly this is standard practice these days; a similar situation at a large Edinburgh hospital arose from the use of a carefully designed planning formula that basically allowed a parking space for each consultant and manager and assumed that all nursing staff and patients would take the bus.<br /><br />Throw in a few remarks about 'sustainability' and 'carbon footprints' to make it look good and - hey presto! - you have a hospital where few nurses can be persuaded to face the night buses or a long walk down empty dark streets to work a night shift.<br /><br />The resulting bill for agency nurses to fill the gaps, combined with a vast number of missed appointments due to late buses or a lack of parking, has, according to local rumour, formed a large proportion of the hospital budget ever since.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.com