I have been lookint to see who is in charge of Dorset PCT - the NHS body responsible for primary health services - for example your GP or your dentist. Perhaps you would also care to have a look? PDF format
How many medically trained people did you spot? I found one nurse. Most of the rest were a combination of accountants, social worker, a former policeman and an engineer. Now I am sure that these people may be very well intentioned and may well have built up substantial experience in the delivery of healthcare. I am aware that proper financial control is needed and also that there are social aspects to health care delivery. But where is the Consultant in Public Health, where is the qualified GP, where is the dentist. - ie where are the people with the experience on the ground. Medicine today is a hugely technical area. Are we to understand that those untrained have a proper grasp on the subject in hand?
I've never been convinced about the logic of this argument. There are many thousands of multinational companies with management teams so many times removed from the shop floor that they have no clue about what happens there. I think the real problem in the NHS is too much Labour meddling - if you left local organisations to get on with providing services without the central government requirements for statistics and monitoring, then you would get a better service. Similarly, if you weren't writing a big fat cheque for private company profits (PFI etc) from your healthcare budget you would be better off.
Nice site - nice to see another New Labour fan :-)
James.