" ... our
hospital is a good one; 2 years ago we were awarded a 'three
star' rating (making us one of the best in the country) and
our books balanced !"
"Now we face a
deficit of £16,000,000 . . . half of which arose because we were
doing too much work . . . the other half arose because of penalties
through overspending - on redundancy payouts made in an attempt to
balance the books !"
"Six of our
Consultants have retired and have not been replaced . . . next month
the Consultant i/c Stroke Treatment retires . . . there's no
money to replace any of these positions."
Yet at the same
time . . . "we have four teams of Management Consultants
'working' at Bedford Hospital . . . being paid 'Footballers'
salaries."
"I am the
chairman of the Consultants Committee and I have tried and failed to
engage our Labour MP."
"So now I'm
setting out in another direction: two weeks ago I announced with a
group of my colleagues,
A
NEW POLITICAL PARTY-
"SAVE
BEDFORD HOSPITAL"
and will be
fighting the local parliamentary seat at the next General
Election."
"I am well
aware that I have started on a long and difficult journey . . . but
it will be well worth the effort."
HEALTH
CONCERN wish Barry every success and support for his
campaign.
