I am having trouble believing what i am reading
Essentially at the end of the day, all of the money is coming from the same pot and arguments about who bought what and when are irrelevant.
Not in our Trust they are not!
An example from the past - we could save a small fortune in the long term switching from Tec 3s to Tec 5 vaporisers. The savings on servicing the units every 3 years instead of annually would pay for the new units and reduce service costs. But the Med Eng Dept can only pay for servicing purchasing the new units would need to come from another budget surprise surprise it took years.
I can believe there are sensible people in every Trust, what I do not believe is that every budget holder is sensible. And as the bean counters are the real power in the NHS arguments about money will always be relevant.
Lee
