Hospitals- Toilet Test
There is a quick way to tell whether the management of a hospital is any good. It is when you go to the toilet. The time was when hospitals were run by tyrannical czarinas and you could eat your breakfast off the ward floor. Can you now ? Even the hospitals run by nuns are in doubt. A smelly toilet means that basic staff work practices are bad. And is it improved by closing wards to provide offices for clerical staff ? A Commonwealth takeover may mean a makeover to Commonwealth Public Service practices. Some studies show that the bed loss over the last 40 years is 40%. A return to local board control and the establishment of a modestly competitive market might help. In NSW Area control seems to have caused a massive loss in efficiency and standards. Commonwealth control will be even more massive and how much worse ?