http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/05/01/chris-williams-when-will-we-learn-how-to-deliver-healthcare/ 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/2012/05/01/chris-williams-when-will-we-learn-how-to-deliver-healthcare/#comment-15810 Chris Williams Thu, 17 May 2012 18:51:00 +0000 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/?p=16734#comment-15810 For sure there are always people that are better at their jobs than others, but I don’t think people are driven solely by pay and pensions – otherwise no one would work for many humanitarian organisations. Having a logistician in the multidisciplinary team would at least increase accountability for the perpetual flaws in the flow of healthcare delivery to patients – and maybe start learning lessons to avoid repeated, usually simple, mistakes. And why work for the NHS? Well why does anyone? It’s a fantastic institution, one of the best health systems in the world, and I will gladly work for it even though more money could be made elsewhere. With the money saved in efficiency, we could probably pay these logs a tidy wage too!

]]> http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/05/01/chris-williams-when-will-we-learn-how-to-deliver-healthcare/#comment-15787 Dimer Caprol Wed, 02 May 2012 23:25:00 +0000 http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/?p=16734#comment-15787 You are quite right. But do you think logistics people are all equal? My feeling is that there are good and bad ones and with public pay and pensions (for the same qualifications) being lower than in the private sector, why should the good ones choose to work for the NHS?

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