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grizzly1911 wrote: »You are indeed correct.
Makes the "promise" quite pointless if you don't intend to spend it, if you can get away with it.
I am sure those that suffer because of under staffing, particularly at weekends, or cut price drug allocation will be so happy they undershot the budget.
the weekend problem is a resource allocation problem with a golf day connection0 -
the_flying_pig wrote: »actually, why didn't i notice south korea - their GDP per capita is way lower than ours, even after all their amazing growth over the last few years, with samsung & whatnot.
like i say, this is basically rubbish.
We are just over twice theirs as far as I can see (GDP).
If you factor in (a) that South Korea is not a 'Nanny State' in which the government controls 50% of spending, and (b) the far cheaper prices there, then I suspect you'd get a bit closer. Net salary spending power is not insignificant.
When I lived there [2000 to 2004] most things were far cheaper. The exception was housing. Apartments in Seoul were ridiculously expensive.
My Interpreter - a lovely 30 year old Korean girl - earned £35K in 2002. My secretary, around £25K. But no pension. No unemployment benefit. No pregnancy leave. 1 week holiday per annum.0 -
Loughton_Monkey wrote: »We are just over twice theirs as far as I can see (GDP).
If you factor in (a) that South Korea is not a 'Nanny State' in which the government controls 50% of spending, and (b) the far cheaper prices there, then I suspect you'd get a bit closer. Net salary spending power is not insignificant.
When I lived there [2000 to 2004] most things were far cheaper. The exception was housing. Apartments in Seoul were ridiculously expensive.
My Interpreter - a lovely 30 year old Korean girl - earned £35K in 2002. My secretary, around £25K. But no pension. No unemployment benefit. No pregnancy leave. 1 week holiday per annum.
Didn't S.Korea have quite abit of government intervention and regulation in the past, LG, Steel, Hyundai?
Their suicide rate seems relatively high."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
the weekend problem is a resource allocation problem with a golf day connection
Is it compulsory, part of the Hippocratic Oath maybe?
Do you play with many?"If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
Like most statistics, utterly meaningless. Our take home pay might be higher, but so are our debts, especially mortgages; and we also pay a lot in council tax, duty on fuel, VAT and various other indirect taxes.
Few other countries are as saddled as us with huge mortgage debt.0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »Didn't S.Korea have quite abit of government intervention and regulation in the past, LG, Steel, Hyundai?
Their suicide rate seems relatively high.
Yes. Lots of regulation. Extremely biased against foreign companies, though. For example, in our industry, new products needed to be authorised by the regulator. In practice, that meant they gave it to Samsung (largest competitor) for 6 months so that they could 'launch' first if they wanted.
Suicide rate is primarily an 'education' thing. So passionate are they about educating their children, the typical parent employs private tutors. From my house, I could see one young lad - aged about 12 - working at his desk every night until midnight.
Come university entrance examination day, all business/commerce starts 2 hours later to allow kids clear roads to get to exams. When results are announced, if your lad fails - or if he doesn't get into a 'top' university, then suicide is one favoured option. After all, the lad is your pension scheme.
Plus another factor. It's a cultural feature that many men spend all evening drinking, and then come home to 'give the little wife a bit of grief'. Couple that with the predominance of 'high-rise' flats. You then get a lot of drunken men 'falling' from the balcony. Often down as suicide, although... er... a "hand of god" factor is often mooted.....0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »Is it compulsory, part of the Hippocratic Oath maybe?
Do you play with many?
the issue has occurred every single weekend (52 per year) for at least 50 years (maybe more).
considerable sums of new money were poured into the NHS over the period 2000-2010 but no change.
I don't understand your reference to the Hippocratic oath but I guess it is applied in the same way as at mid staffs and numerous other hospitals?0 -
Like most statistics, utterly meaningless. Our take home pay might be higher, but so are our debts, especially mortgages; and we also pay a lot in council tax, duty on fuel, VAT and various other indirect taxes.
Few other countries are as saddled as us with huge mortgage debt.
how does mortgage debt affect most people except via their monthly payments :
it's how this compares to renting that matters except in exceptional situations.0 -
the issue has occurred every single weekend (52 per year) for at least 50 years (maybe more).
considerable sums of new money were poured into the NHS over the period 2000-2010 but no change.
I don't understand your reference to the Hippocratic oath but I guess it is applied in the same way as at mid staffs and numerous other hospitals?
I wonder when they fit in the golf in other countries?
Do you have any stats to show how many actually play golf?
Is their full cover in private hospitals at the weekend - they do share large numbers of clinical staff?
If you starve something for many years it needed feeding for some tome to get it back to "normal". In which time things have moved forward in leaps and bounds and you are continually having to play catch up."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0
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