Are we actually living in 'The Age of Stupid'?

[SteveA]

Save The Children pay the boss £234,000 per annum.

I'm not saying it's an easy job or not hard work.... but there must be plenty of people who would do as good as/ or even better at the job for far less money.

Cheers, steve

[SteveA]

And so it goes on..

 

By Laura Donnelly, Health Editor12:42AM GMT 02 Jan 2016Comments36 Comments

NHS hospital chief executives have been handed pay rises of up to £35,000, with the highest annual earnings reaching a record £340,000, a Daily Telegraph investigation has found.

Despite government pledges that the most senior NHS managers would have their pay frozen, 40 per cent of trusts increased executives’ wages by at least £5,000 during 2014-15.

Some managers’ earnings rose by almost a quarter, the findings from more than 200 NHS trust boards show. Patients’ groups accused the NHS of “scandalous excesses” at a time when the health service is facing the greatest financial crisis in its history.

 

Gosh. That's a tad bit much wonger!

Our local NHS hospital are forcefully shutting down the independent cafe (run by locals).... guess who's being put in place.... Costa.

Says it all.

cheers, steve

[Mick Dempsey]

Won't Costa pay a lot of rent? Which will go to the trust.

[Kveldssanger]

Perhaps we can infer from the above quoted post that there is a growng divide between the rich and the poor, which shows no signs of losing momentum. In fact, the opposite may be posited.

[luftwaffe]

Gosh. That's a tad bit much wonger!

Our local NHS hospital are forcefully shutting down the independent cafe (run by locals).... guess who's being put in place.... Costa.

Says it all.

cheers, steve

 

high ranking civil servants are becoming rich, they don't take financial risks or get their hands dirty, they are in a win win situation.

[Wood wasp]

From today's telegraph...

 

Executives responsible for protecting the UK from flooding were paid almost £300,000 in bonuses last year, it has emerged.

 

David Rooke, the long-standing director of flood and coastal risk management at the Environment Agency, received a large chunk of a separate £14,000 pot for directors as part of his salary deal while other senior managers took a share of the £277,000 payout.

 

The news came as records showed two other senior directors at the government-backed agency received large payoffs: one under a "voluntary exit agreement" and the other as part of a gardening leave payout.

 

Pam Gilder, the outgoing director of corporate affairs, is set to pocket £112,133 under the terms of her agreement, a Sunday Times investigation found.

 

Ed Mitchell, another director, will get £60,000 while on gardening leave after missing out on the top job and resigning as a result.

[SteveA]

Won't Costa pay a lot of rent? Which will go to the trust.

 

I'm not sure on the details, but yeah that is a fair point.

Would also be useful to have a coffee shop that was open longer hours..... although that wouldn't matter so much if there was a hot drinks vending machine at our hospital!

 

Another bonus is that Costa actually pay their fair share of corporation tax, (unlike Starbucks & Cafe Nero).

 

And so it appears we've both demolished my last comment!

 

cheers, steve

 

 

p.s.... a bit more investigation into our independent colunteer cafe led me to this!.... "Royal Voluntary Service wants to help create a society where everyone feels valued and involved whatever their age." Well the RVS CEO certainly feels valued to the tune of £134,589 basic salary with car allowance and health care package (2013/14). There are others on the board of directors earning in excess of £100K. The image of the retired, liitle, elderly lady giving her time to serve trea and cake to hospital visitors may be correct but of course there are fat cats getting the cream."

Edited January 3, 2016 by SteveA

[openspaceman]

 

Ed Mitchell, another director, will get £60,000 while on gardening leave after missing out on the top job and resigning as a result.

 

Not quite so, Ed got the job but as a previous Labour appointee the home secretary would not approve the position and a Cameron man was given the job instead. The gardening leave is just to keep him out of the office till his notice expires.

[Wood wasp]

Not quite so, Ed got the job but as a previous Labour appointee the home secretary would not approve the position and a Cameron man was given the job instead. The gardening leave is just to keep him out of the office till his notice expires.

 

 

All the more reason to privatise the whole lot and move away from appointing jobs due to political patronage.

[openspaceman]

All the more reason to privatise the whole lot and move away from appointing jobs due to political patronage.

 

It's another of those things in limbo, like network rail and the forestry commission isn't it? They don't know which master they serve and too many people dictating different policies.