<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[As Wes Streeting&#x27;s reorganisation of the NHS (and merger of NHS England &amp;amp; the Dept. of Health &amp;amp; Social Care) creates more chaos, the Q. is: what is it about Health Secretaries that they seem always to see reorganisation as the answer?]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>As Wes Streeting's reorganisation of the NHS (and merger of NHS England &amp; the Dept. of Health &amp; Social Care) creates more chaos, the Q. is: what is it about Health Secretaries that they seem always to see reorganisation as the answer?</p><p>Is it because, in our political class' commitment to general management as a skill, incoming Health Secretaries really have no idea how the NHS works &amp; so try to transform it into something they recognise? </p><p>A form of political solipsism?</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NHS" rel="tag">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/health" rel="tag">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politics" rel="tag">#<span>politics</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/ffd142a6-f6c6-4c06-bb61-ef2bc5b5ab36/as-wes-streeting-s-reorganisation-of-the-nhs-and-merger-of-nhs-england-amp-the-dept.-of-health-amp-social-care-creates-more-chaos-the-q.-is-what-is-it-about-health-secretaries-that-they-seem-always-to-see-reorganisation-as-the-answer</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:45:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/ffd142a6-f6c6-4c06-bb61-ef2bc5b5ab36.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:23:33 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to As Wes Streeting&#x27;s reorganisation of the NHS (and merger of NHS England &amp;amp; the Dept. of Health &amp;amp; Social Care) creates more chaos, the Q. is: what is it about Health Secretaries that they seem always to see reorganisation as the answer? on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:42:07 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/chrismayla6%40zirk.us">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> </p><p>Health, education, and human services are targeted for sabotage via perpetual reorganization because The Moneyed hate the idea of a well educated, healthy, and long-lived electorate. </p><p>Why? A population well equipped for the future functions as a break on their wealth &amp; power.</p><p>Oligarchy is well served by people preoccupied by illness, misery, poverty, unemployment, precarity, and ignorance.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116319356671433295</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116319356671433295</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[npars01@mstdn.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:42:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to As Wes Streeting&#x27;s reorganisation of the NHS (and merger of NHS England &amp;amp; the Dept. of Health &amp;amp; Social Care) creates more chaos, the Q. is: what is it about Health Secretaries that they seem always to see reorganisation as the answer? on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:30:00 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/chrismayla6%40zirk.us">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> </p><p>"We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganized. Presumably the plans for our employment were being changed. I was to learn later in life that, perhaps because we are so good at organizing, we tend as a nation to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization."</p><p>Charlton Ogburn</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://glasgow.social/users/agirvan/statuses/116319073112994246</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://glasgow.social/users/agirvan/statuses/116319073112994246</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[agirvan@glasgow.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to As Wes Streeting&#x27;s reorganisation of the NHS (and merger of NHS England &amp;amp; the Dept. of Health &amp;amp; Social Care) creates more chaos, the Q. is: what is it about Health Secretaries that they seem always to see reorganisation as the answer? on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:29:48 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/chrismayla6%40zirk.us">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> I read that in Nigel Hawthorne's voice <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f601.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--grin" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😁" alt="😁" /></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/greem/statuses/116317892646489567</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/greem/statuses/116317892646489567</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[greem@cyberplace.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:29:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to As Wes Streeting&#x27;s reorganisation of the NHS (and merger of NHS England &amp;amp; the Dept. of Health &amp;amp; Social Care) creates more chaos, the Q. is: what is it about Health Secretaries that they seem always to see reorganisation as the answer? on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:27:30 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/greem%40cyberplace.social">@<span>greem</span></a></span> </p><p>No no no.... we can't have minister contanimated by experience.... what are you thinking????   /s</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/ChrisMayLA6/statuses/116317883635302471</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/ChrisMayLA6/statuses/116317883635302471</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[chrismayla6@zirk.us]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:27:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to As Wes Streeting&#x27;s reorganisation of the NHS (and merger of NHS England &amp;amp; the Dept. of Health &amp;amp; Social Care) creates more chaos, the Q. is: what is it about Health Secretaries that they seem always to see reorganisation as the answer? on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:57:05 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/chrismayla6%40zirk.us">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> It's the same with education. Every time the minister changes, so do the requirements. I was in the final O-Level year (1987) and since then pretty much every secondary cohort has had a policy change move the floor under them while working towards the 5th year/year 11 exams.</p><p>The education minister (and political underlings) should have been a teacher prior to entering politics.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/greem/statuses/116317764023730698</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/greem/statuses/116317764023730698</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[greem@cyberplace.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:57:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to As Wes Streeting&#x27;s reorganisation of the NHS (and merger of NHS England &amp;amp; the Dept. of Health &amp;amp; Social Care) creates more chaos, the Q. is: what is it about Health Secretaries that they seem always to see reorganisation as the answer? on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:07:24 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="https://mastodon.world/@rmischook">@<span>rmischook</span></a></span> </p><p>Yes, although the political class looks &amp; behaves as it does because it *does* serve the purposes of a particular group.... the wealthy</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/ChrisMayLA6/statuses/116316389004872607</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/ChrisMayLA6/statuses/116316389004872607</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[chrismayla6@zirk.us]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:07:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to As Wes Streeting&#x27;s reorganisation of the NHS (and merger of NHS England &amp;amp; the Dept. of Health &amp;amp; Social Care) creates more chaos, the Q. is: what is it about Health Secretaries that they seem always to see reorganisation as the answer? on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:45:04 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/chrismayla6%40zirk.us">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> In systems this comes up quite often with "things that need doing, look easy and are not"</p><p>It's the same reason we had every politician spouting nonsense about nutrition and food at one point, and to some extent I think why they keep screwing up HS2. </p><p>The organization of the NHS is not good. The lack of unification with social care funding is a complete mess for proper prioritization IMHO.</p><p>Alas fixing it requires funding, slow changes and decades, which doesn't work in politics</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/etchedpixels/statuses/116314885634386722</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/etchedpixels/statuses/116314885634386722</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[etchedpixels@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:45:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to As Wes Streeting&#x27;s reorganisation of the NHS (and merger of NHS England &amp;amp; the Dept. of Health &amp;amp; Social Care) creates more chaos, the Q. is: what is it about Health Secretaries that they seem always to see reorganisation as the answer? on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:31:53 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/chrismayla6%40zirk.us">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> the quality of the political class in most western countries is extremely poor and has been for quite some time. I think we should start by banning lawyers and PPE graduates running for Parliament. We would be far better served by more doctors, nurses, engineers, scientists, social workers, teachers, plumbers, electricians - basically anybody who has ever had a real job in life. And I say that as someone who got a degree in philosophy.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/rmischook/statuses/116314833748233031</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/rmischook/statuses/116314833748233031</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[rmischook@mastodon.world]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:31:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to As Wes Streeting&#x27;s reorganisation of the NHS (and merger of NHS England &amp;amp; the Dept. of Health &amp;amp; Social Care) creates more chaos, the Q. is: what is it about Health Secretaries that they seem always to see reorganisation as the answer? on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:20:28 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@antjbro">@<span>antjbro</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/chrismayla6%40zirk.us">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> </p><p>Just a dozen years myself.<br />Reorganisation every two years.<br />It’s great for ladder climbing but patients are bottom of the list.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/OneInterestingFact/statuses/116314788872545706</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/OneInterestingFact/statuses/116314788872545706</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[oneinterestingfact@mastodon.ie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:20:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to As Wes Streeting&#x27;s reorganisation of the NHS (and merger of NHS England &amp;amp; the Dept. of Health &amp;amp; Social Care) creates more chaos, the Q. is: what is it about Health Secretaries that they seem always to see reorganisation as the answer? on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:48:29 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/chrismayla6%40zirk.us">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> Right back to Andrew Lansley who is reputed to have redesigned the NHS while on a train journey.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/annehargreaves/statuses/116314663145572321</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/annehargreaves/statuses/116314663145572321</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[annehargreaves@ioc.exchange]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:48:29 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>