Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

My response to my doctor will be, "Ask me or my appointed Power of Attorney again nearer the time of my death."

Anyone else done a Lasting Power of Attorney? (edited)

Then you perhaps should?

Do spouses need power of attorney?

No.

They can kill you without one of those.

So watch out.

My wife has half the power to pull all the plug.

I can get my own back if she abuses that power because I have half the power to pull all of hers.

It's a wonder you right wingers are able to get out of bed what with all the fear you seemingly think about.

Fear a Labour Government Stan? That's not fear it's a living nightmare. Thank goodness I live in Scotland if it occurs.

Exec,

Going back the Private/NHS Medical Staffing and waiting times etc.

Unfortunately the divide has been since NHS conception, when Nye bribe the Medical Consultants to get them to accept the organisation.

The waiting list were always a problem and utilised by the privateers to increase the waiting time, making it faster and more profitable for some of the consultants who had private practice.

Always thought that in general, the two groups should be one or the other, but those choosing private practice should repay the cost of training them and not avail themselves of the advertisement of working in the NHS.

Not very popular.

However, there have always been full time consultants in the NHS and nearly all academic staff (Profs and lecturers, research) were. Many working very long hours which would make many others blush. (They enjoyed or caught up in their research etc.)

Personally, I think there is inbuilt inefficiencies the NHS and I think it is time the Medics pull their fingers out and address them.

The problem is that medicine has been commercialised and the responsibility for much organisation of the planning, in face to face medicine is not the responsibility but the managers.
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But if you ever go to the dentist who is living in to-day's world ask her the cost of the "machinery" in "surgery".

The cost of "present" practice is colossal.

Then apply it to a hospital.

Strictly, it is called a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA).

There are two types of power of attorney. One is financial and the other is more broad and covers health.

health and welfare
property and financial affairs

I did one for my father in law before he died and I doing one now for my mother in law. A solicitor can do one for you, but they charge a fair bit. I did my own.

It was interesting listening to the Cabinet Secretary on Daily Politics..Cameron doesn't need to go to the Queen as he is already PM. If he gets the most seats, he can legally just carry on. He can then present his Queen's speech etc. All the Cabinet Ministers will still be in post even if they lose their seats. The same applies, even if Cameron gets the least seats.

Exec.

There is another important changes in staffing in the NHS it is the number of part timer and agency staff which distort the number of staff employed and actual hours worked.

Part of the reasons is "part time" ladies can have a nice little earner for 1-2 days or mornings a week and look after the kids the rest of the week without ongoing responsibility.

Another feature is the number of Doctors (mainly GPs) who have retired for pension reasons and possible threats and return to work after a 24 hour retirement, drawing pension and working part time, or sometimes full time, or fulfilling other roles.

Distorts hours worked and numbers employed, but adds to costs and may reduce efficiency.

Similar can be said of nurses and other "allied" professions.

as 50% of medic school intake are women (by decree?), and most of those if they continue in the profession will become mothers, it is not surprising that a large proportion of them will then choose to work part time

R.I.P Errol Brown

I do not think it matters to the FTSE who or whom get elected..it may just remove a certain amount of uncertainty , but most FTSE constituents do business internationally..and are simply listed on The London Stock Exchange.
Never been interested in the elections anywhere really as they all seem to follow where the other/others left off...I doubt if the "Austerity" game plan will change...in fact I see an escalation ​of the "austerity"...which basically means ...we tax you more and give you less...funny they always find a nice sounding word for this programme.​
I mean , last year the amount of tax revenue collected was at an historical high in UK...but the talk of cutting from all public services continues..and will escalate whoever is in power.
This country will increasing become just about paying interest to the central bankers on a debt that will never end (it was never meant to)...and you know the funny part? It is interest paid on money that never even existed.


Good luck

All in my humble opinion and no investment advice intended


Best regards
Andre Minassian
Clever Games UK

ALWAYS EXPECT SUCCESS