Orwellian times - coming to NZ!

Already here in NZ - just not as bad yet. Nhs Doc Blog is a must read. The madness of it all is unfriggingly believable. People in positions of power living in the land of their personal abstractions thinking they have meaning for others need medicating!

Dr Crippen has had numerous emails suggesting that The NHS National Centre for Involvement does not exist, and the video was a spoof.

I can assure you that it does exist and, I am sure, has a valuable contribution to make towards the NHS. My difficulty is that, despite having watched the video several times, and listened to the calming, nay mellifluous, tones of Dr Jonathan Tritter, I still do not understand the nature of their role.

I have therefore just sent the following email to Rachel Horley, Director of Learning and Support.

Dear Rachel

I have just watched the excellent video promoting The NHS National Centre for Involvement. I fear that I remain puzzled as to what exactly it is that you all do.

In the video, you say:

"The key to involvement is developing the learning capacity of everybody to recognise and realise the potential for involvement. The challenge for us is to find practical and creative ways of developing the capacity of everybody through learning and development opportunities both within formal learning and also in everyday work capacity."

I wonder if you would kindly explain what that means?

Could also advise what the annual cost to the tax-payer is of the The NHS National Centre for Involvement