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Welcome back mate.

Crawlin' back under me stone now.

You wear your heart on your sleeve so you won't be there long.

(I'm off Christmas, sorry wintertide (or something), shopping now, must keep up the old tradition before it gets banned)

Sean, Just a few questions: - 1) Have you ever worked outside Manchester. 2) Have you ever worked outside of the NHS. 3) If the answer to #1 is yes have you ever worked outside of the UK. Geoff and I have agreed on something a long time ago and that is that we would like to see the EBME departments run on the same lines as the Saudi model i.e. a three year contract and done through a tender process separates the wheat from the chaff.

You had better refer back to Sean's original post (at the top of the thread) Neil ... he's not talking about Saudi Arabia is he?

However (whilst I'm out from under my stone), I will go on record once again and confirm that I believe that the three year contract model is indeed a good one (I might even find an earlier post in a minute)!

How about this one?

Boooo.... Pantomime season is here!
I left the private sector beacause I had six different contracts in five years. No job security, unable to plan for the fututre, found it nigh on impossible to get a mortgage. When I returned to the NHS I had a greater sense of security and was able to get on with my life: house, family etc.. I think every biomed over a certain age should return to the NHS to finish off their careers in a safe and secure working environment. Sort of payback for their formative training. Perhaps we should set up biomed retirement villages near to major hospitals and carry on working until we drop.

There you are, then, Neil ... when are you coming back?

So that's three Happy Campers now, then ... Bill in Yorkshire, Mark in Taunton, plus Geoff here and there (and Neil in Jeddah?)!

And therein lies the truth, Bill who is to blame, yourself or the companies that you worked for?

Geoff, coming back to a retirement village, retiring to a village yes but somewhere a lot warmer.

I should imagine that Bill is referring to Agency work, Neil.

But why blame anybody? Some techs prefer a bit of variety. I know that I do.

Speaking for myself, I've been back in the UK almost seven years now, and have lived in at least that many locations. And that's not counting B&B's and places like that. A nomad never settles! Why would you want to?

Perhaps people need to be clear that the so-called Private Sector encompasses all sorts of different scenarios, methods of working, different "enterprises" ... and all the rest. Manufacturers service departments, independent service companies, working through agencies, sole traders and "consultants" ... all the way through to the Dark Side. Diverse is the word!

If a good tech came through an agency to my department I would try to employ him/her on a permanent basis if that was what he/she was looking for.