http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/04/19/martin-mcshane-8020/ Just another blogs.bmj.com weblog Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/04/19/martin-mcshane-8020/#comment-15766 Martin Mcshane Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:42:00 +0000 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/?p=16328#comment-15766 Apologies for the delay in replying.
Thank you for your comments.
The figure is slightly tongue in cheek, but not entirely.
It draws on the Pareto principle but also a presentation on the impact loss of a sense of public service can have on attitudes.
once lost it can be very difficult to restore.

]]> http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/04/19/martin-mcshane-8020/#comment-15754 notactualsize Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:27:00 +0000 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/?p=16328#comment-15754 1.      Thanks for this. I always enjoy your posts.
 
2.      Now, I don’t want to be pedantic, but I’m genuinely intrigued by the ratio you cite in your final paragraph and title. Have you measured this in any way for the status quo?
 
3.      Also, when you refer to our “system” in your final paragraph, which system do you mean? Local? Regional? National? All or none of these?

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