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July 06, 2010
Tuesday
 
 
Carry on, Doctor!
Perry de Havilland (London)  Arts & Entertainment • Health • UK affairs

Now I am usually harsh in my criticism of the National Health Service and indeed I wish to see it abolished entirely... but credit where credit is due. This was a very, er, uplifting example of 'Enterprise Thinking' by the NHS.

Carry on, Doctor!

Comments

You took the words right out of my mouth!


Posted by Tim Carpenter (Libertarian Party) at July 6, 2010 04:29 PM

Move over Nazi Kittens - sex has gone medical!

To add insult to injury, the movie was a pornographic one.
Who was insulted and who was injured?
Posted by Alisa at July 6, 2010 05:38 PM

My thoughts exactly, Alisa! I also liked this......


"it cannot be said to be contributing to the objectives of the primary care trust"

Uhm... it raised money didn't it? If it isn't contributing to the objectives of the Primary Care Trust why not? Did they piss the money up the wall?


Posted by Jay Thomas at July 6, 2010 06:30 PM

Oooo Matron !

Or should that be Ward Coordination Executive Officer now?

Another good quote that I read in another place, was the lady Tory MP saying that she hadn't seen the film herself of course, these things no longer being able to be claimed on expenses.

Nice dig there I thought.


Posted by RAB at July 6, 2010 07:34 PM

Jay, it sounds as if their objectives are rather different from what a regular person might think.

RAB, did she really say that? If so, I love her!


Posted by Alisa at July 6, 2010 08:24 PM

It just dawned on me: this really puts some real socialization in socialized healthcare!


Posted by Alisa at July 7, 2010 08:29 PM

Oooh, don't touch that, Matron!

(Apologies to the late Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques and Franke Howerd).


Posted by Johnathan Pearce at July 8, 2010 11:31 AM
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