The RCGP conference was a blast. The party was in full force, songs, laughter, dancing, even a Laughing Policeman doing Billy Connolly routines, it was fantastic!
Okay. You’re thinking that the Custodes brain has turned to custard, but just ask anyone that was there. You wouldn’t know that the NHS was in turmoil, but perhaps I should mention that all the partying, including the laughing policeman, was on behalf of Scottish GPs!
The ready-reckoner for the viability of clinical commissioning groups (CCG) was released this week. It’s a useful bit of kit, a bit like a mirror.
You can look up whether your beautifully handcrafted CCG, made with hundreds of person-hours of meetings, is actually viable in the post-reformist Health Bill world.
He’s looking tired isn’t he? I think everyone can agree that the NHS needs a reorganisation. More people go to hospital in the UK than any other country in Europe. We are spending as much as we should but not getting the outcomes.
Do you remember The Prisoner? You know… Portmeirion, the Lotus 7, odd blazers and the sense that there might actually be someone in control, but no one knows who
or what they are after?
The Black Tower this week had a visit from the Cluster Chief. He talked a lot about the things that he couldn’t control and the problems that will face all staff in the brave new world of clusters.
I had some stuff to do in the office on Friday, mostly just finishing off things before heading off on a course on Monday. It was just past five when I looked up from the desk, packed my bag and headed out of the office. I thought I had better just wish the folks in the office a good weekend.
If
you do any reading about leadership and management then you might have come
across Wicked, Tame and Critical problems.
This
classification of issues is a current management vogue like many gone before,
however it did give me a moments insight into the NHS crisis we currently face.
Okay – hands up if you’ve read it? Really? Are you sure?
Given the luxury of time up at the Black
Tower I’ve had chance to
get to grips with the Bill, not the defunct cop show, but the meat and two veg
of the Silver Fox’s cunning plan.
Can I say I’ve changed my mind about him, I thought he was ‘off on one’,
barking, one vote short of a majority, but having seen the details, he’s
probably the sanest man in British politics.
Imagine a roast that
arrives as a set of bones and gradually the carcass builds muscle, skin and
feathers and starts to resemble something. This summer we got the bones and month by month a little more flesh has been
added.
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