Oh the joy of working in the NHS. I was originally thinking of having this blog has a rant space about some of the “fun” I have within the NHS. But this probably isn’t a very good idea.
While my contract says things like patient details and money stuff are a no-no, I’m sure complaining and calling people stupid is bad form too. Oh well! But I figure there’s still plenty of infrastructure, operation and such issues I can safely give my views on.
One thing I have been thinking about is the plans to cut spending. I’m a little worried this might hit a lot of the NHS back office functions that I consider really important. Yes there is waste in the NHS, yes there can be too much management and yes treating patients really should come first.
However, there is a MASSIVE amount of data in the NHS. Not just clinical data, admin and statistical data that is both interesting and necessary. Look at the open government data that you can now access. It’s not private, it won’t let anyone steal your bank account but it provides insights for those that are interested. Place like the NHS Information Centre hold data on so many things can help people better plan NHS services, or work out things that can be address the in the way public health is delivered.
With any organisation so big, the behind the scenes stuff will always be huge. And I for one will be feeling good about the fact things like training, average wait for appointments, referrals to different part of the country and much more are all recorded and analysed.
That and I enjoy the nerdy thrill of being able to pipe up with “Did you know that....” spout off some figures and know I have this mountain if data to back me up. Yeah, I’m just that nerdy.
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