Tuesday, 30 December 2008
NHS turns to US sitcom 'Scrubs' for new policy ideas......
Patients to be allowed to comment on performance of GPs on NHS website.
Anyone who is familar with the hospital sitcom 'Scrubs' wil know that this was the main story line in Season 7, Episode 6 'My Number One Doctor', where the doctors compete to be the patients favorite in an online site. Which incidentally was re-aired (again)in the UK a few days ago.
It shows what a state the NHS is in when it has to rely on US scriptwriters for their policy ideas. We will have to start looking out for more of this as the Government and Whitehall are completely out of ideas (Not that they had many in the first place).
How many other Departments are using TV as a source of their policies?
Here is the episode in question....
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News.....
Inmate suing Prison Service after injuring himself in failed escape bid Time to put some of these 'crooked' lawyers out of business.
Council sues former chief executive for £750,000 over misleading job application. Exactly how many of our 'public' officials are fit for purpose? In a nutshell, none. If they had any true ability they would be in the private sector.
15,000 teachers go sick EVERY day (and it's blamed on stress and ministerial meddling). If they are that sick get rid of them.
We'll investigate complaints over Edward dog 'attack' says RSPCA. Only because they are hell bent on banning shooting.
Council disregard objections of 3,000 residents to traveller site as 'they are racist'. No they just don't want a bunch of thieving Dids in their village.
£5.7bn scramble to pay off home loans: Worried families making record mortgage repayments. More bad news for what's left of the High Street.
Somalia faces more turmoil as official president resigns. President of what exactly?
National Archives: James Callaghan's despair at Britain's defences against possible Soviet attack. Thanks to our politicians we now have no defences.
North Korea's Kim Jong-il cheered at concert appearance, state media reports. A credit to the skills of his taxidermist!!!
Tony Blair to visit Middle East in attempt to broker peace. That should guarantee all out war!
Iraq death toll plummets. Who was it who voted against the surge?
‘Prepare to be bombed’: calls mark the start of psychological campaign in Gaza. 'Telesales' finally have a purpose.
New Weapon Against Hippies: Wi-Fi. Nice one.
A Great Place to Visit.....Bikinis Sports Bar and Grill
...something else we don't have in Norfolk. (SFW)
Bikinis Sports Bar and Grill to be found in Austin & San Marcos Tx and Charlotte NC.
An Xmas Tale...
A blonde housewife was waiting for the binmen to turn up. 1 by 1 she shagged them; finally it was the driver's turn and she gave him £20 instead. Disappointed, he asked her what was going on.
She replied: "My hubby said, give the driver £20 and f**k the rest of them".
H/T Old Dude
Thanks to this bastard Zimbabwe now has more 'billionaires' than any other country.....
....and nothing is being done to end the suffering..jpg)
H/T M Kohl
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Classic Quotes......
'The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible.' - George Burns
'Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.' - Victor Borge
'Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.' - Mark Twain
'By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.' - Socrates
'I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.' - Groucho Marx
'My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.' - Jimmy Durante
'My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.' - Rodney Dangerfield
'I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap.' - Bob Hope
'We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress.' - Will Rogers
'Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.'
- Winston Churchill
'Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty .. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out.' - Phyllis Diller
'By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.' - Billy Crystal
H/Ts Shelly & M Kohl
