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With the amount of Olympus equipment in the NHS, Shouldn't the NHS be negotiating directly with Olympus in Japan and cut out the middle man?  The NHS is a big enough buyer to do this.
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Who in the NHS can speak Japanese
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Ohio Gazaimus Ken San !!  Konnichy Wah ??? 
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After watching the film "Tora! Tora! Tora!" countless times (Sat pm, bank hols etc) I have picked up the phrase of "How to turn my aircraft carrier into the wind" in Japanese. I am available to impart this knowledge to the NHS for a small consultancy fee
Why worry, Be happy!
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Tony's grasp of Japanese, Daves experience of Aircraft carriers, my forward thinking, what a wealth of experience we all have.
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There must be a way to steer that carrier in a more cost effective way. :p
NHS logistics - An opportunity for expansion...
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No doubt somebody will form a committee and recruit several managers to look into this !
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I believe its already been done but was sunk by the consultants. Seriously - There is a group looking into prices of service and capital purchases - watch this space. Mainlan European Olympus suppliers are said to cheaper than the UK agent - Keymed. I don't think anyone can stop us buying over the channel but service support may then be lacking and logistically difficult. 
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John The only Japanese word I know that Kemed/Olympus seem to understand is Pentax.  Bill
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Bill
You have forgotten Fujinon
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On a serious note, PaSA (NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency) are trying to break the KeyMed monopoly. They have released a powerpoint presentation (I have copy, Huw it is on the nww website, not sure if it is on the www so not sure about copyright)regarding tendering for flexible endoscopes.
I won't say any more for fear of being sue for libel but the slides speak for themselves. I can email to anyone who wants it or it is available on the PASA NHS Net site (and maybe the WWW site)
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