| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Libraries under threat | |
| Posted by: | Peter Chadburn | |
| Date/Time: | 24/03/11 12:26:00 |
| There is still much further to go there. We are still carrying too many expensive people in the back office and management hierarchy who don’t want to be out front dealing with people. Phil what you have said above is quite right and shows much of what i believe is wrong. In the NHS we do not need more more or privatisation or markets, but we need to see the operations of organisations simplified. Not with Birtist internal markets but by stripping away management of things that do not require management. A hospital needs certain supplies so therefore a standing order for sheets, materials, etc.. Look at the operation of hospitals 40 years ago and you will see far fewer management posts. To bring the efficiency of the private sector to the public sector is a mantra that means that you end up paying more money to more managers to do less. The law of unintended consequences is very true and we need get away from consultants and get stuck in to realise that the public sector waste has gone up dramatically because of these unintended consequences. Thatcher and others meant well but the reality is that the public sector has been bloated very much by some of the policies that were meant to bring efficiency. Phil you always like to discuss ideas and things and i wonder whether from your experience of council operations and maybe after discussions with a couple of older timer council people you think that there is some mileage in these points? I feel that the current coalition has a big job to do but we will see services cut rather than efficiency improvements. |