Thursday notes

Very cold start to the day with heavy showers of hail, sleet and snow. The radar shows a rash of them on their way to our coast. Gales overnight will herald a transition to a mild Friday, with maximum temps of 10C, as opposed to 5C today (50F and 40F respectively).

The NHS in the Western Isles is once more under scrutiny when it became clear that the Chief Executive, suspended on full pay in August, is still suspended on full pay, 5 months later. He is enjoying an annual salary of £100,000 ($200,000), which boils down to £2,000 ($4,000) per week - for doing nothing. He was suspended after irregularities were discovered in the CV he had used for applying for the job a year ago. His salary could pay the wages of 5 nurses, and an outcry has arisen over the lack of action from Health Board managers. NHS WI was rocked by allegations of bullying and harassment by senior management and is hampered by an unresolved shortfall of £3.5m ($7m), although the Finance Director had promised a break-even point come this April. The FD came into post with a £77k relocation package.

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#2 Comment from sybilsybil45
24/01/08 15:30 | Permalink

What kind of NHS are we having these days..It really needs to be cleaned from top to bottom...but then who is going to do it dosn't seem many folks about these days with clean hands ! Love SYbil
#1 Comment from lv2trnscrb
24/01/08 12:56 | Permalink

I hope the NHS gets their affairs in order and that guy off of full pay; such a waste of money that can be used for good rather than idleness

cold/rainy/windy in Southern California;

enjoy the day

betty

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