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Universal benefit - £0.425bn to be written off.
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If the Universal Benefit were to live up to its name, then all problems would be solved.
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But you just know it won't !
A mammoth system is like a Super Oil Tanker. It's a leviathon which takes an age to change course.
People who work out this system and play it for their own gains, well they are like the American gun/patrol boats of WW2. They are nimble and quickly adapt to changing situations.
The thing which makes these big projects so unwieldy is our addiction to fairness oddly. The system becomes littered with exceptional handling and caveats to cater for all those marginal cases. People who have seen the rule book for things like Work Program will know what I mean.0 -
ringo_24601 wrote: »I miss having my old Architect job title. At that firm, Consultant was a lesser role.
It sounded like I might build stuff. Instead, I'm just a Visio jedi master
I remember Cilla on Blind Date years ago questioning 'Contest number 1 - a pretty 21 year old girl'.
"What do you do hon?"
"I'm a travel consultant Cilla"
"Oh really! That sounds posh, don't you think folks?" (cue false looks of admiration from Cilla to the audience). "Does it involve travel?"
"Yes Cilla. I've been to Ibiza twice and Majorca once" !
Straight out of el cheapo management 101 - give someone a fancy title instead of more money :rotfl:0 -
I've enjoyed reading this thread.
I can recommend an out of date book to people called "Crash" . It covers 20 years of failed computer systems, and condenses all the case studies into a set of 'deadly sins'.
Do you have any details on the book - author, ISBN ?"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 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »Do you have any details on the book - author, ISBN ?
I'll try and find it in the study later
It must have been good though, it was all of £2 in the remainder section of the book shop 0 -
I remember Cilla on Blind Date years ago questioning 'Contest number 1 - a pretty 21 year old girl'.
"What do you do hon?"
"I'm a travel consultant Cilla"
"Oh really! That sounds posh, don't you think folks?" (cue false looks of admiration from Cilla to the audience). "Does it involve travel?"
"Yes Cilla. I've been to Ibiza twice and Majorca once" !
Straight out of el cheapo management 101 - give someone a fancy title instead of more money :rotfl:
A bit like Vise Presidents in the US corporate world. Might as well give them out in cereal packets."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 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »Was it MRI? Why had it failed?
No. Simple dye-injected scan to check bladder leakage before catheta removal.grizzly1911 wrote: »Did you wriggle to much or suffer flatulence given the antacids you have mentioned?
No. Well off Rennies by then. Just hadn't healed fully yet.grizzly1911 wrote: »Were your foreign treatments insurance backed?
Yes. Had Private Medical most of my working life. But most of treatment whilst abroad was in "local" hospitals just like the local population. I simply had to pay because I was a foreigner. The Shanghai one, however, had this 'international wing', which was simply a reception area with English-speaking front line staff and a couple of Doctors. In Seoul, and Shanghai, these hospitals are excellent. I'm tempted to say better than UK Private Hospitals, but certainly far, far, better than UK NHS. They have never heard of terms like "waiting list".grizzly1911 wrote: »EDIT:- NB You do of course have the option of going private if you need to get back for the first G&T of the day.
You try getting an insurance quote at my age and my lifestyle! But yes, I keep a fund for if/when I need to resort to Private. But most recent operation would have cost £30K simply for the consultant/op fees!0 -
FYI - Omeprazole costs quite a lot (£20 quid a packet normally) so i'm not surprised they didn't want to prescribe it. Also, it causes a bit of hair loss...
Dunno why you went with Rennies rather than over-the-counter Ranitidine.
Ah, the advantages of marrying a nurse (we get treated pretty darn well in our local hospital)0 -
ringo_24601 wrote: »Ranitidine.
Ah, the advantages of marrying a nurse
75p or there abouts in Aldi.
No doubt also the ability to combine Paracetamol and Ibuprofen for the morning after as well.;)"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 -
Loughton_Monkey wrote: »They have never heard of terms like "waiting list".
Probably called something else or maybe they "healthier" as they don't have our lifestyles and so less demand?
It easy not to have awaiting list if you don't allow people onto it in the first place.
One of my recent ,relative induced, hospital visits included movement from A&E to another "holding" ward called Clinical Decision Unit so no doubt A&E figures were compliant.
As you point out the affordability of private care comes into question when you most need it."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 -
Or he could have quit the drinking, smoking and 20 cups of espresso coffee. Probably more effective.grizzly1911 wrote: »75p or there abouts in Aldi.
No doubt also the ability to combine Paracetamol and Ibuprofen for the morning after as well.;)
Omeprazole is rather wonderful for indigestion though
BTW - i always think that you're better off without private insurance, as frankly, their nurses are no better (often worse) than NHS. Pay the NHS privately when you need scans doing. Think it cost £200 for our son's leg X-rays, but we skipped a 2 hour wait and got seen by a great NHS consultant; because we had the relevant diagnostics. Same goes with seeing consultants. Pay for one visit, then ask if you can be seen as NHS afterwards. They're not always as nice to you afterwards though
NHS provides a more cohesive, joined up care than using private.0
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