Monday notes

Morning all. Nice summer's day in the Isles, temperatures already up to 17C, with a max of 20C forecast. No complaints at all; am not so sure about the rest of the week. Am off to the library a little later this morning to gather more info for my project.

Some people have the right ideas for the wrong places. This morning, a man had this brilliant solution to the housing problems in the islands. Lift VAT on renovating houses (at the moment, you pay VAT on renovating a house, but none (as I understand it) on building one). There are plenty of empty and derelict houses between the Butt of Lewis and Barra. Problem is, that especially here in Lewis, housing is needed around the town of Stornoway.

The NHS is getting the rap over failing hygiene standards. This is a problem, on account of rising numbers of patients going down with MRSA and Clostridium difficile infections. These are difficult to treat and in weakened patients could precipitate an early death. The watchdog for the NHS is now threatening spot checks. That should keep them on their toes. I know that at least one J-lander is involved with this side of things, so I should get some feedback.

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#4 Comment from helmswondermom
18/06/07 20:38 | Permalink

I'm so glad you had such a nice day. It's a little bit overcast here.
Lori
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#3 Comment from lsfp1960
18/06/07 19:41 | Permalink

Here is the USA the hospitals are inspected on a regular basis. If they fail to meet the high standards set..they can be shut down. Linda in Washington state http://journals.aol.com/lsfp1960/LindasWorld/
#2 Comment from katie39041
18/06/07 11:55 | Permalink

Hope fully i and the rest of my family do not need to go into hospital for a operation any time soon. You would think hygene would be top of the NHS. Your weather sounds good.We have sunny cloudy weather but rain forcasted later.
Love and hugs
katie
#1 Comment from kirkbyj05
18/06/07 11:26 | Permalink

Going into hospital should no be the big worry it has become nowadays. They should never have franchised out services to cut back on money. Neither should they have done away with Matrons. I still can see the nurses bustling about when she was on her ward rounds. I have heard that they re-use top sheets as bottom sheets in some hospitals to save on laundry bills. Everyone in our area has their own story of infections caught on wards and of the odd family death from infections too when their original operation should have been a safe one. Scary times. They should steam clean all beds as they do in some European countries.
Glad you are feeling a bit warmer today Guido. Is it too far to commute daily from these outlying districts where the derelict buildings are standing? Many folks around here commute to Manchester daily so that they can enjoy living in the Lakes.
Jeanie

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