@Leon remember too many tweets makes a twat (View Post)

Yeah, it’s not a “one off investment” but that doesn’t mean it’s not an “investment” in the future. The cycle repeats but only if we have suitably trained people to repeat the cycle. It doesn’t happe… (View Post)

Only if you only consider costs with a quantifiable return as an “investment”. Resurfacing a road is a “cost” in the same way as a doctor or a nurse is a “cost” but not spending that money also has a… (View Post)

Paying junior doctors to learn on the job is an investment in future consultants and registrars. The health service needs these. That’s no less of an investment than an apprenticeship. The NHS doesn’… (View Post)

DOGE should be a reminder that you can’t really reform the Civil Service or public sector organisations quickly through top down diktat or mindless cost cutting. Instead the solution is probably high… (View Post)