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Yep. And I know of one chief exec who left her particular Trust in complete financial turmoil (not very far from here), saddled it with a MASSIVE deficit through sheer incompetence, got a big payoff to walk away, and promptly became...a recruitment consultant, headhunting for executive...

Its a factor for sure. Of course costs would be down if we were all healthier. But having seen what they pay out on (firstly) recruiting and then remunerating the large swathes of senior management within that organisation, I'd take some convincing that the money isn't already there to...

I'd 100% stick with it, but it needs reform. The NHS is not underfunded, but those funds are being channelled away from where they need to go. Example. The company I work for recruited a COO for an NHS trust recently. They were billed £8,500 for advertising the position in the Sunday Times...

They wouldn't even need to if our money was actually being diverted to where it needs to be, rather than straight into the pockets of an army of execs and senior managers.

Without derailing the thread, this is a valid point. The NHS is a humungus cashcow, a top-heavy trough awash with cash for middle-to-senior management and penpushers. What they spend on recruiting and then paying these parasites in wages, bonuses and pension schemes is absolutely mindboggling...