P.K. Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 10 minutes ago, asitis said: It doesn't help of course that we have had the poorest politicos as ministers overseeing health for the past three administrations ! It's the "poisoned chalice" of politics... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 21 minutes ago, P.K. said: It's the "poisoned chalice" of politics... Sadly yes, but one of, if not the, most important ! so appointing numpties is not the way to go ! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Grumpy Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 20 hours ago, Jarndyce said: Got any insider knowledge on that, Doc? Just rumour, speculation and pattern recognition at present 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 1 hour ago, asitis said: Sadly yes, but one of, if not the, most important ! so appointing numpties is not the way to go ! And now the numpty's get to say its not me its Manx Care, I've got 7' arms 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissolt Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 22 hours ago, Jarndyce said: Got any insider knowledge on that, Doc? It definitely reads like manxcare wrote the mandate. Perhaps an foi to dhsc would reveal the answer? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 1 hour ago, cissolt said: It definitely reads like manxcare wrote the mandate. Makes you wonder what the DHSC actually do all day (other than just sitting there between Manx Care and Tynwald, of course…) 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 25 minutes ago, Jarndyce said: Makes you wonder what the DHSC actually do all day (other than just sitting there between Manx Care and Tynwald, of course…) https://www.gov.im/media/1381356/dhsc-department-plan-23-24.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 7 hours ago, cissolt said: It definitely reads like manxcare wrote the mandate. Perhaps an foi to dhsc would reveal the answer? Probably Jonathan Michael’s who wrote original report was involved in drafting it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 1 hour ago, Banker said: Probably Jonathan Michael’s who wrote original report was involved in drafting it. Michael, Sir Jonathon Michael, singular. At least get that right! 🙄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
english zloty Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 7 hours ago, Moghrey Mie said: https://www.gov.im/media/1381356/dhsc-department-plan-23-24.pdf makes you wonder who actually tracks these action plans, because, just like the Island Plan, they appear to be a work of fantasy. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercenary Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 42 minutes ago, english zloty said: makes you wonder who actually tracks these action plans, because, just like the Island Plan, they appear to be a work of fantasy. As a bean counter I do like the notion of a one liner 'Manx Care mandate' being 96% of the budget with no further explanation/breakdown (which I couldn't see much expansion on the 'Manx Care' various plans either). Surely most of the objectives etc. relate to performance vs funding - seems strange there is not a core mandate and then allocations against some of these improvement activities? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 12 hours ago, english zloty said: makes you wonder who actually tracks these action plans, because, just like the Island Plan, they appear to be a work of fantasy. They do have Red Amber Green system. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Prescription charges in the UK will £9.90 for a single prescription from the 1st May. The pre-payment card charges are also increasing. We pay £3.85 per single prescription. Would it be unreasonable to be asked to pay a fiver for ours? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Grumpy Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 1 hour ago, quilp said: Prescription charges in the UK will £9.90 for a single prescription from the 1st May. The pre-payment card charges are also increasing. We pay £3.85 per single prescription. Would it be unreasonable to be asked to pay a fiver for ours? Probably not, but the beaurecracy around precription charges probably costs more than the money it brings in here. So its not impossible to do away with precription charges altogether if we are prepared to 'trim the fat' so to speak 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dr. Grumpy said: Probably not, but the beaurecracy around precription charges probably costs more than the money it brings in here. So its not impossible to do away with precription charges altogether if we are prepared to 'trim the fat' so to speak There’s an ugly rumour that 90% of prescriptions are free anyway (elderly, on benefits, chronic/long term, etc) - if that’s true, might as well make ‘em ALL free… Edited April 6 by Jarndyce Typo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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