...just to give a pot a bit of a stir...
All this PFI stuff is new to me, but from what I've seen so far, there seem to be obvious benefits in being provided with new workshops, new equipment for the hospital etc. I observe also that the PFI biomed contractors seem to be taking on existing EBME staff (of course, as there is not a bottomless pit of biomeds just waiting around to be picked-up).
But maybe it's all a bit too "commercial" and "contractual" for some of the old sweats out there. Some of us may value our freedom to act as we please, eh?
Obviously, all this glitter has to be paid for somehow, and we can wonder if the money could not have been used more effectively. After all, some of it must be taken as profits by the companies concerned. I understand that these PFI arrangements last for 30 years! That's a long time. Should the NHS be a "non-profit" organisation?
And what about patient outcomes? Is the patient getting a better deal, or not? Are we seeing the creation of a two (...three?) speed NHS?
Lastly, are any of the guys out there willing to "put their money where their mouths" are and set up in competition with the present well-known companies?
Meanwhile, Keep the Faith!
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Long Live Low Life
