My PCT doesn't run anything that I've been able to access and restricts strips. I believe the chairwoman is a vet( or a pharmacist,) but most of the members are accountants!!! :shock:
So we now have people without medical knowledge ( except vets and pharmacists ) who are making decisions about clinical matters.
It was always going to happen when the clinicians refused to accept that clinical decisions might have to be taken in the light of budgetary constraints. Hell hath no fury like a bean-counter scorned :lol:
It was always going to happen when the clinicians refused to accept that clinical decisions might have to be taken in the light of budgetary constraints. Hell hath no fury like a bean-counter scorned :lol:
The thing I find really frustrating is that the NHS only looks a few years ahead in terms of budgeting. There are things they could spend money on now that would save them much more in the long term but they won't approve as it involves a large initial outlay. As a friend of mine put it, they won't remember who saved them money 10 years down the line but that person will be slated at the time for going over budget.