What makes it especially stupid is that staff shortages then require insanely expensive agency staff to be brought in. If you staffed the NHS with enough people to not need agency (of similar) you’d … (View Post)

The NHS training, recruitment and staffing systems appears to have been designed by people who thought that the Imperial Japanese Navy were a bunch of softies. Strangely, if you treat your staff like… (View Post)

Indeed. My idea is to expand medical training, using overseas, while expanding at home. Why not produce a surplus of doctors and nurses in the UK? For one thing, the population pyramid is collapsing … (View Post)

It’s not a monopoly - just first to market for LEO, low latency. Kuiper are taking orders already - their service start should be next year IIRC. You can also buy lower tier solutions (more latency, … (View Post)

The idea of anything in the Middle East being consistent with international law and human rights is interesting. Certainly, it’s not been tried before. (View Post)