IOM DHSC & MANX CARE

[Ringy Rose]

How much did moving the deckchairs from the DHSC to Manx Care cost? There’s a healthy chunk of the deficit. And for what? Manx Care as a separate body only makes sense if the intention is for us to go down the privatisation route that has worked so well(!) in the UK NHS.

[mad_manx]

56 minutes ago, Ringy Rose said:

How much did moving the deckchairs from the DHSC to Manx Care cost? There’s a healthy chunk of the deficit. And for what? Manx Care as a separate body only makes sense if the intention is for us to go down the privatisation route that has worked so well(!) in the UK NHS.

Has created many more  posts which are neither medical or nursing as per people who work there . So 3 or 4 times more managers/ office staff  but not enough front line staff .

[Ghost Ship]

2 hours ago, Moddey Dhoo said:

But does he have real world experience of large scale change projects like JM? https://www.henricodolfing.com/2019/01/case-study-10-billion-it-disaster.html

Ha ha!  Infamous NPfIT.  (He wasn't involved in all of that though, was he?  I thought his involvement only came from 2007 onwards after the shit had already hit the fan?)

It was an utter waste of time and money.

The trust I worked for was an "implementation" site.  Our IT provider eventually had to pull out in 2006 because several trusts (including mine) refused to sign their work off and it was going nowhere.

 

[Banker]

8 hours ago, Ringy Rose said:

How much did moving the deckchairs from the DHSC to Manx Care cost? There’s a healthy chunk of the deficit. And for what? Manx Care as a separate body only makes sense if the intention is for us to go down the privatisation route that has worked so well(!) in the UK NHS.

Extra salaries were c£3.6m pa on set up I seem to remember 

[Holte End]

We didn't have all these problems when Rob Callister was incharge.  What has gone wrong in such a little time.

[mad_manx]

1 hour ago, Banker said:

Extra salaries were c£3.6m pa on set up I seem to remember 

And probably way more than that now . 😞

[Moddey Dhoo]

7 hours ago, Ghost Ship said:

Ha ha!  Infamous NPfIT.  (He wasn't involved in all of that though, was he?  I thought his involvement only came from 2007 onwards after the shit had already hit the fan?)

It was an utter waste of time and money.

The trust I worked for was an "implementation" site.  Our IT provider eventually had to pull out in 2006 because several trusts (including mine) refused to sign their work off and it was going nowhere.

 

Victory has many fathers but defeat is an orphan.......

[asitis]

9 hours ago, mad_manx said:

Has created many more  posts which are neither medical or nursing as per people who work there . So 3 or 4 times more managers/ office staff  but not enough front line staff .

.......... and exactly what they propose to do to the airport ! Arms length to our administration means " not me guv"

[CallMeCurious]

So a year to see an ENT is 'average'.   

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/year-long-wait-to-get-ent-appointment/

And now RCH Minor Injuries Unit has issues... 

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/staffing-issues-force-early-closure-of-miu/

Hopefully Nobles A&E has adequate capacity.

 

[Zulu]

24 minutes ago, CallMeCurious said:

So a year to see an ENT is 'average'.   

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/year-long-wait-to-get-ent-appointment/

And now RCH Minor Injuries Unit has issues... 

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/staffing-issues-force-early-closure-of-miu/

Hopefully Nobles A&E has adequate capacity.

 

It is also a two year wait to see the  Orthodontics at Nobles.

[Two-lane]

2 hours ago, CallMeCurious said:

So a year to see an ENT is 'average'.

 

2 hours ago, Zulu said:

It is also a two year wait to see the  Orthodontics at Nobles

I'm sorry - I don't have the mental fortitude to do the research myself...

Has the DHSS given instructions to Manx Care that it is to reduce specific waiting lists times down to specific values?

[cissolt]

15 hours ago, Ghost Ship said:

Ha ha!  Infamous NPfIT.  (He wasn't involved in all of that though, was he?  I thought his involvement only came from 2007 onwards after the shit had already hit the fan?)

It was an utter waste of time and money.

The trust I worked for was an "implementation" site.  Our IT provider eventually had to pull out in 2006 because several trusts (including mine) refused to sign their work off and it was going nowhere.

 

Wasn't that wild chap from manxcare involved in that IT project? Seems he's left manxcare after being found out?

[Two-lane]

15 minutes ago, cissolt said:

Wasn't that wild chap from manxcare involved in that IT project? Seems he's left manxcare after being found out?

His name appears as a minor role somewhere in the project documentation. And he was "found out" at Manx Care? - is there anyone there who can find things out? Apart from Ranson finding out that her office had disappeared.

I do recall he came on this forum and bragged that he was responsible for a major data protection breach. I assume that someone pointed out that in that case, he should be fired. Anyway, he never posted again here.

A forum poster named wrighty said that he was "one of the good guys". Who knows.

[code99]

10 hours ago, asitis said:

.......... and exactly what they propose to do to the airport ! Arms length to our administration means " not me guv"

I agree. If the airport was privatised, the airport could become a monumental sh*t show. Some clued in private organisation(s) will likely see the IOMG coming and take advantage of that ‘business opportunity’. Once a private organisation has become the arms-length operator, it could introduce stratospheric landing fees/ passenger fees, etc. If in the longer term the private operator is not profitable, it will have to be bailed out by the IOMG/ IOM taxpayers. Hopefully, somebody somewhere in the IOMG/CS/PS has learnt these types of lessons … AHHHHH!

Meanwhile, the DOI are considering “The steam railway, the Manx Electric Railway, the Snaefell Mountain Railway and Douglas horse trams as commuter transport on the Island”, and “extending MER (track) to the War Memorial” - I can’t wait to see what the price tag for this bonkers idea is (while potentially tens of millions are to be spent on this fantasy scheme, some Manx Care patients will undoubtedly pop their clogs while they wait to see a specialist). Hopefully, Treasury will go through the DOI’s impractical “commuter transport” options with a fine toothcomb and sensibly put the kibosh on these nonsense plans … AHHHHH!

One begins to wonder if all the IOM establishment figures really do have the Island’s best interests at heart.  😢

[asitis]

10 hours ago, code99 said:

One begins to wonder if all the IOM establishment figures really do have the Island’s best interests at heart.  😢

I'm not sure the heart is at fault, I feel it is more related to a lack of business acumen and if any part of the body is at fault it is what lies between the ears !