To save public services we must think in Russian
SPOILER ALERT: This post gives away all the exciting bits from the film ‘Firefox’. ————————————————————————————————- I like the film ‘Firefox’. I recognise that it is not a great film but it has Clint Eastwood and I like that kind of watchable, post-cold war thriller. The basic plot is that Mr Eastwood plays Mitchell Gant, an [...]
Does Pickles understand systems?
The Observer reports that Fly-tipping is on the rise as council charges for skips soar. From the article, A survey of 148 council boroughs across the UK reveals that they have raised the cost of skip permits by as much as 650% over the past five years, rises that have corresponded with increases in illegal [...]
Better service before NHS cuts
If it is true that cuts are being made to frontline NHS services then they are getting it in the wrong order. With proper method better service and care can be provided and savings made in a matter of a few months without cutting service. There is plenty of waste in the NHS such that [...]
Have targets improved the NHS?
In the run up to the election the King’s Fund have written a series of articles to assist the voter to evaluate the state of the NHS. One of these is entitled, Have targets improved NHS performance? The article hedges a lot and describes the pros and cons as they see it. They list the [...]
Total Place – integrated public services or more cost cutting?
Total Place is a scheme to join-up public services in an area or a city. Trials have been run in Kent and Birmingham. It may be useful to read the report of the Total Place Roundtable in The Guardian since I will reference some comments from it there. The sub-title of the article is: Total [...]
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