So Tony Ryall sneaks into a few hospitals now and then to see for himself what's going on in the A&E departments, and somehow that's a problem.
According to media reports there's some kind of ministerial protocol that you should give staff advance warning that you are visiting. But Ryall apparently just sneaks in, looks about, talks to a few patients and then goes again.
Labour were quick to jump all over this - it's a breach of protocol, warned Annette King.
Well, maybe it is, but who gives a damn? The man in charge of our health system is entitled to know how things are operating in our hospitals, and without the filter provided by his advisers and carefully managed official visits.
Annette King should have said nothing when the media asked her view. If there's a single vote on this issue for Labour I'd be surprised.
Does she really think people would criticise Ryall for this?*
* Unless it turns out he was hiding behind a sofa and secretly videotaping people during these visits.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
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Its ok to let 'anyone' roam around an a&E.
ReplyDeleteThere's a hackneyed old saying about the royal family - that they believe the entire world smells of fresh paint and newly cut grass. Because, obviously, as soon as anyone knows they're coming, the entire place gets a spuce-up and they never actually see 'reality'.
ReplyDeleteAnd isn't this what Labour complains about with the tories? That their policies for a rich elite put them out of touch with the 'kiwi battlers on struggle street'?
So, memo to Labour: Stop shooting yourselves in the foot. Please.
Having Tony Ryall skulking around an A & E would surely be a dreadful shock to the injured and unwell.
ReplyDeleteAnd could well set their recovery back, expecially if he's wearing the pin strip suits he favours.