Germans write off Greece, says poll – FT.com

September 4, 2012 By dralfoldman in Austerity, Euro Crisis, Germany, Greece, Growth, People, Politicians, Politics, Public Sector, Public Services Reform, Unemployment Tags: Angela Merkel, European Union, germans, Germany, Greece Leave a comment

Location map: Greece (dark green) / European Union (light green) / Europe (dark grey); inspired by and consistent with general country locator maps by User:Vardion, et al (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Coat of arms of Greece since 7 June 1975. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This is an excellent article from the FT and well worth a read. Check it out!

Germans write off Greece, says poll – FT.com.

For me, it was interesting to see how views diverged across Europe.

Surely, Greece still has a few friends?

BBC News – Nurses ‘having to clean toilets and mop floors’

September 4, 2012 By dralfoldman in Austerity, David Cameron, Healthcare, NHS, People, Politics, Public Sector, Public Services Reform, Reform, Shared Services Tags: Andrew Lansley, BBC, David Cameron, Department of Health, Hospital, National Health Service, NHS, Nursing 3 Comments

Speaking at the NHS Confederation Annual conference and exhibition in Manchester on 8 July 2011 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This is a powerful headline from the BBC Health blog. Check it out!

BBC News – Nurses ‘having to clean toilets and mop floors’.

Health Minister, Andrew Lansley, is widely expected to be held accountable for failure to deliver effective reform in David Cameron‘s reshuffle to be announced today.

Any views on how the NHS should be effectively reformed?