That must have been an interesting experience Dave. No doubt you could write a book about all that!
In summary, what were the results? Was the kit maintained well over the years? Were the users happy (did they care)? Were the techs happy? ...
etc.Did the Trust "get a result"? Or was that only the Money Men?
How long were those contracts for? I presume they were for a fixed term only. And how many of the in-house guys are survivors from earlier
regimes I wonder?
As the NHS gropes its way into the future, I see this as becoming the norm for biomed services:- a repeating cycle of two or three years of this or that, with "in-house" being seen as just another option (and indeed, bidder).
Lastly (and as I must have said a
zillion times before), all these
innovations may be all well and good, but there are only so many techs available "out there" (and even fewer good ones), so those guys are likely to keep turning up regardless of whomever is supposed to be "in charge".
Meanwhile, I can't help wondering ... what's next for the Hope Hospital?
