can someone please point out a nurse that has been sacked due to the current financial troubles? most of these posts going are ones that were empty, it will cost to much to make people redundant. the fun begins when staff leave and their post isn't filled - that will impact on patients care, despite what old Hewitt tells you. the NHS is shit at supervising contractors, the system at our hospital works like this you ring estates they get contractor contractor does work estate takes money from your budget, so they don't care whether the work is done properly or not, and everybody else is to busy to inspect work closely having said all this, the NHS is crap at paying quickly, so that doesn't exactly enthuse contractors