IOM DHSC & MANX CARE

[cissolt]

On the topic of manxcare, I see we have yet another director coming in.  Rob is stating on Facebook that the salaries of directors are not published? This doesn't sound right!

[Roger Mexico]

8 minutes ago, cissolt said:

On the topic of manxcare, I see we have yet another director coming in.  Rob is stating on Facebook that the salaries of directors are not published? This doesn't sound right!

The 'news' of a new Non-Executive Director was in a government press release issued on Thursday[1].  Though even that had to admit that he'd been approved by Tynwald in July - over two months ago.  And his details would have been on the website a good bit before that.  Obviously he lives in London and has no apparent connection the Island.

And Callister is as reliably incorrect as ever.  We know from when the job was advertised that the salary is £17,333 per annum.  

 

[1]  It also contains the bonkers line: * Tim Bishop’s appointment to the Manx Care Board is subject to receipt of DBS check.  Which you would have thought they would have done before he was appointed, like every other employee.  (As his Linkedin says he's been Chair of at least two safeguarding boards, it would be rather dramatic if he failed, mind).

[Omobono]

8 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said:

The 'news' of a new Non-Executive Director was in a government press release issued on Thursday[1].  Though even that had to admit that he'd been approved by Tynwald in July - over two months ago.  And his details would have been on the website a good bit before that.  Obviously he lives in London and has no apparent connection the Island.

And Callister is as reliably incorrect as ever.  We know from when the job was advertised that the salary is £17,333 per annum.  

 

[1]  It also contains the bonkers line: * Tim Bishop’s appointment to the Manx Care Board is subject to receipt of DBS check.  Which you would have thought they would have done before he was appointed, like every other employee.  (As his Linkedin says he's been Chair of at least two safeguarding boards, it would be rather dramatic if he failed, mind).

usual Bullshit baffles brains !

[Wavey Davey]

28 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said:

The 'news' of a new Non-Executive Director was in a government press release issued on Thursday[1].  Though even that had to admit that he'd been approved by Tynwald in July - over two months ago.  And his details would have been on the website a good bit before that.  Obviously he lives in London and has no apparent connection the Island.

And Callister is as reliably incorrect as ever.  We know from when the job was advertised that the salary is £17,333 per annum.  

 

[1]  It also contains the bonkers line: * Tim Bishop’s appointment to the Manx Care Board is subject to receipt of DBS check.  Which you would have thought they would have done before he was appointed, like every other employee.  (As his Linkedin says he's been Chair of at least two safeguarding boards, it would be rather dramatic if he failed, mind).

His name rings a bell. Not sure there is no connection to the IOM. Need to do some digging. 

[cissolt]

Thanks Roger.

His LinkedIn does state that he's been on the board for a month. Will adding another director solve any issues at Manx care?

[Zulu]

1 minute ago, cissolt said:

Thanks Roger.

His LinkedIn does state that he's been on the board for a month. Will adding another director solve any issues at Manx care?

I doubt it, took Manx (don't) Care's advise today to go to Ramsey Cottage hospital for a minor problems, guess what I was sent to Nobles as they don't do x-rays at a weekend, so a wasted journey of an hour driving to Ramsey! They should say that when they advise you to go to the minor injuries unit at Ramsey!

[Wavey Davey]

9 minutes ago, cissolt said:

Thanks Roger.

His LinkedIn does state that he's been on the board for a month. Will adding another director solve any issues at Manx care?

His LinkedIn profile has he/him on it.

So clearly a tosser.

[Two-lane]

44 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said:

We know from when the job was advertised that the salary is £17,333 per annum.  

At £17,333 per year, he will not be spending too much time here - well, 5 days per month isn't a great deal of time anyway.

For those interested, Tim Bishop (he, him) has a LinkedIn account, where he states his main work interests.

Wellingham Partners, a Health & Adult Social Care consultancy, possibly takes a fair amount of his time.

[Roger Mexico]

3 minutes ago, cissolt said:

Thanks Roger.

His LinkedIn does state that he's been on the board for a month. Will adding another director solve any issues at Manx care?

It's not adding another director, it's replacing an NED who died in January.  I think they were looking for someone with experience on the social care side rather than health.

As for the issues, I couldn't help noticing that the top priority for these directors is to "Cultivate the culture within Manx Care".  Rather that reform it.  

[Wavey Davey]

2 minutes ago, Two-lane said:

Wellingham Partners, a Health & Adult Social Care consultancy, possibly takes a fair amount of his time.

Wellingham seems to be as empty a vessel as his woke he/him credentials.

https://wellinghampartners.com/about/

Anyone who has he/him on their LinkedIn profile needs to be avoided at all costs. They are just virtue-surfers riding the next pointless social media trend. It’s not a benchmark of people who care. It’s a benchmark of people who cynically pretend to care because there is money in it.

[Two-lane]

10 minutes ago, Wavey Davey said:

Wellingham seems to be as empty a vessel as his woke he/him credentials.

You may have realised that was just another of my extremely distasteful, sarcastic, remarks. The co. accounts are:

 

LinkedIn is for people to post their "big things wot I done" stuff. For someone to post an  association with a company like this, along with housing associations, is beyond my understanding. They might just as walk into the pub wearing a white track suit slashed to the waist, a chest wig, and gold medallions and say that Elvis is back.

[Zarley]

11 hours ago, Two-lane said:

a chest wig

Are chest wigs a thing? If so, where can I get one? Might help keep me warm this winter. 

[Newsdesk]

13 hours ago, Two-lane said:

You may have realised that was just another of my extremely distasteful, sarcastic, remarks. The co. accounts are:

 

LinkedIn is for people to post their "big things wot I done" stuff. For someone to post an  association with a company like this, along with housing associations, is beyond my understanding. They might just as walk into the pub wearing a white track suit slashed to the waist, a chest wig, and gold medallions and say that Elvis is back.

Do you think they check all that stuff before they appoint? A personal consultancy company with hardly any assets and hardly any income. 

[Roger Mexico]

1 hour ago, Newsdesk said:

Do you think they check all that stuff before they appoint? A personal consultancy company with hardly any assets and hardly any income. 

It would be a lot more worrying if it did have a lot of income.  Presumably set up when one of the employers in his collection wanted to pay him that way and used to pick up other odd jobs.  He must be at least 60 (his year of starting Uni was 1980) so he'll no doubt be semi-retired with a decent pension from his years in social work, picking up these Board-sitting jobs here and there.

And that's the real problem with these people.  There basically there to make sure that things are done in the standard way that things are done in England, and that may not be the best way forward.  It also very much about 'governance' and how things look on paper, while the way things are happening on the ground may be very different.  That's why having people from off-Island is such a bad idea, because they have no links to tell them what the experience of those dealing with the local NHS is really like.

[Jarndyce]

9 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said:

also very much about 'governance' and how things look on paper, while the way things are happening on the ground may be very different.

This.   With bells on.