NHS reorganisation

This is the blog today of one person who is getting really tired of NHS reorganisation. The last 12 months where I work there has been nothing but change and I just heard today of yet more change on the way. At work it would be so good to be able to think further ahead than the next few months, but at the moment it's impossible to think long term. It seems that our heyday has now passed and that from now on at least within our profession within our locality our existance is being threatened. And I'll reveal the cause of this. One of the biggest driving forces is not at present the Government (although they hold ultimate responsibility for the terrible state of the NHS) but political wrangling at a local level as different managers seek to build their empires since the NHS changes of the last 12 months [especally PCT changes]. It's down to managers trying to gain control of budgets irrespective of what is best for patients and disregarding the brilllant services which have been developed. And yet the very managers doing politics at local level are one of the perpetual failings of the NHS, that the NHS breeds overpaid empire builders whose existance is totally unnecessary yet who hold sway over large numbers of highly dedicated committed health professionals.