A rock and a hard place? Ministry of Defence | Defence News | MOD confirms loss of recruitment data

Adrian Midgley ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:24:00 +0000


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James Cox wrote:
> 
> On 18 Feb 2008, at 16:18, Dr Adrian Midgley (In the office) wrote:
> 
>> James Cox wrote:
>>> Health insurance is all about procedures and drugs. it is these which
>>> cost the money. :)
>>
>> Most of the health services budget goes on people, salaries.
> 
> pedantic; the salaries of the anesthetist, surgeon, nurses, patient
> care, etc are all billed up into the price of a procedure, since this is
> the most efficient way of dealing with medical practice billing and is
> used in more than one market. Still, given the way the prescription
> authority works, the lack of central purchasing for drugs and the whole
> existence of NICE for drug rationing, i think you should look again.
> 
> -james
Well, at least you don't believe the spin in the papers.


I did several procedures last week.


I saw rather a lot of people.
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