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I think ChumpusRex has hit the nail on the head regards the complexity of the existing system (saying everything I wanted to say but couldn't be bothered).
MarkG may well be onto something though.perhaps we could all be our own database. Hmmmm...Not gonna happen though..
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Most of the time, it's very easy. It's the exceptions that raise problems.
It's sort of frustrating reading this thread - a lot of w/e coders deciding that building such a system should be "easy". It's not easy - it's very hard and shouldn't have been attempted.
Indeed.no one can even begin to comprehend how complex the nhs it systems are. I couldn't/didn't until I started working for the nhs. The sheer amount of data that is collected and stored is just overwhelming. Each hospital/ward/department/division/ward has its own systems/methods/filing. Trying to streamline this and apply a solution nationwide is madness, it was never going to work.
I'm not saying the system should be as complex as it is, but after 30 years of computerisation and successive governments with ever changing policies, that's how it is. Trying to unpick it is impossible. Even things like assigning nhs numbers requires entire teams/departments within hospitals. It really is that complex. You wouldn't think so, but it really is.
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p.s. IS there any way from the Picturedrome in Holmfirth back into Mcr by public transport after a gig? as an alternative to driving over from the Woodhead (want to drink)
as a source of local knowledge, I can answer this: No. there is no bus service over the hill. You'd have to get a bus/taxi into huddersfield then a train to manchester. In fact it may be cheaper to get a taxi straight over..
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During my time in the NHS we were infected by the management consultant virus several times. They cost a fortune, wasting money that could've been used on treating the sick and NEVER improved anything. Ever.
With the current privatisation re-organisaton of the NHS going on consultants are making a huge comeback in the NHS. There is a ban on recruitment and use of temping agencies in my area, but it appears no such ban exists for consultants. New ones seem to turn up on a daily basis, who don't seem to have any mor e knowledge than any of the perm. staff (usually less)
One of the proposed benefits of the re-organisation was supposed to be money saving - all I see is 10x more waste and ever inflating salaries..
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Unfortunately I was let go in Jan (with many others) so had to sign on today.
While I was waiting I checked the jobs terminals and found a job that was quite suspect - I am in a fairly specialized section of an industry, so if this role came up in London I would know about it almost instantly, so I investigated - the job had been scraped from a site, that was also a job scraping site that then led me to another job scraping site - that was now just a page that said 'under development' - all I can imagine is this job was posted up, genuinely, months ago, and is now living on as a zombie job - how many of these are there I wonder?
I'll bet there are thousands. There certainly were the last time I signed on (12 years ago!). I suspect the Jobcentre positively encourage these kind of ads. At least then the Govt. can say 'there are x00,000 jobs available' at any given time
The difference with the group sign on this time is all they talked about was sanctions, the demands they were now allowed to make, and that we could be asked to attend on Saturdays. Of course we got told that we would have to sign up to Universal Jobsmatch and record our activity - so I pointed out that this was not essential until the Government had resolved the data protection issues, so she back tracked and said we would have to fill in our booklets.
They have removed the seating area from reception, you have to stand now.
Sounds horrible. I'm so glad I don't have to go through that anymore. My memories of 12 years ago are bad enough, sounds much much worse now. Everytime I hear these stories I think to myself how lucky I am to have a job.
What p1ssed me off almost as much as being humiliated, patronised and degraded on every visit to the JC was the people in my life at the time who thought I was workshy and lazy and that I had chosen worklessness as an easy option. Believe me I would rather have stacked shelves at tesco than be put through that every fortnight.
The notion that the JC help you to find work and provide a safety net through benefits when you need it is utter b0ll0cks. Its almost like the whole system is designed to convince you that suicide would be the best option
Edit: good luck Tonkers, i'm sure something will come up (but almost definitely not via the jobcentre)
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Have to admit (as the op) I only kinda half watched this..i thought the people were going there in search of work, and in the meantime were being put up in camps and forced to work for free within the camp for a bed for the night.
'My bad'
must pay more attention in future!
edit: still, it's quite interesting
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Just saw this on sky news
http://news.sky.com/story/968314/workers-in-us-man-camps-power-oil-boom
Quite sad and desperate imo. These people are leaving thier wives and children to go and live in a tin hut dormitory with strict rules. The bit in the video from 0:30 onwards reminded me of ruffles' 'camps' post...
http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=172754&st=0&p=3202064entry3202064
are we going to have these here soon?
edit: got time wrong
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i've got an account with the co-op. They seem less evil than the others, but their internet banking is rubbish. mainly because it doesn't update in real time, so if you're useless like me its hard to keep track of incomings and outgoings..
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I don't mind supermarket stuff at all for some items, but other are a complete false economy.
It's like Ikea furniture. My Ikea home assembly sofa was knackered in 3 years, a well made sofa should last a good 10, and a quality one should last a lifetime.
I have an expensive-ish pair of shoes that are 9 years old and still going strong, my Tesco work shoes wore through so fast there was a hole in the sole after 6 months.
theres a hole in my soul..
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just a bump as this is on right now, BBC2
camberwell this time..
edit: it's not as interesting this time
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Deptford isn't all that bad compared to some of the really grim ghettoes in London.
Really? wow. I didn't realise things had got that bad. I'm not surprised the riots kicked off last year then..suppose I'm isolated from it all up here in the lovely green pennines! There are pockets of scumbags round here but it looks like a proper jungle there
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Well worth a watch IMO. Some of the stuff about the rationale behind 'slum clearances' is fascinating.
Indeed, I saw this. It also opened my eyes to just how rough and disgusting parts of London are nowadays. After the 'slums' were cleared things seemed to go from bad to worse. I honestly don't think 'multiculturism' helped
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Depending on how big the hole is, stick a small piece of plasterboard in there and skim over the top or just skim over if not too big. Use something that you'll be able to feather/sand though - board finish is cheaper than polyfilla. Easy enough to do though.
^this
I did this once in a place i rented, was an absolute piece of cake, (having no previous experience) . Sanded and painted and you couldn't see a thing
Depends how big the hole is though...bigger than a few inches and you'll want a professional
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This sounds like a great way of creating loads of additional public sector jobs providing 'treatment' for addiction.
ah, but they won't be public sector jobs..this is the tories we are talking about..they will be private companies (no doubt run by friends of the government), like a4e, who will provide no doubt useless schemes that help virtually no-one actually tackle their addiction, but boxes will be ticked, and millions of quids will be made by private companies funded by the taxpayer
I suspect this is the real motivation behind this idea...follow the money..
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Try not having one. Believe me a roof and food becomes all that matters to you very quickly.
btw.... at £2.60 an hour, your rent alone would cripple you. No going "out with friends", buying "nice things", "good life". No being "part of society",...... and consequently no "sense of purpose".
I think you should quit your job. Might make the system crash and reset a bit quicker.
But the point is, £2.60 is the APPRENTICE wage...at 18...its the very start of your career. You will get experience and qualifications..then you can apply for better jobs..you work hard, you kiss the right arses,you apply yourself...within a couple of years you are earning £6 an hour..then £8..then £10...etc, etc..then maybe, just maybe, one day you CAN buy your own house..y'know, hope, ambition? but if you can't ever afford to buy a house its not the end of the world, you can rent, just like i do..like my parents before me did..like millions of others do..and still live a good and happy life!
Or... just not bother and live on fifty odd quid a week dole scraping by and being skint and miserable forever..
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These people have had no consequences resulting from their failure and their poor attitude throughout their entire education. They've been given every right, yet no responsibility.
Now the HPC lefties are making yet more excuses for them.
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I think you lot have got it all wrong
Coming from a working class background, the last thing I wanted to do at 18 was buy a house. It wasn't even on my radar. But, I did want to work..for the same reasons I do now:
it gives me a sense of purpose
it lets me live a good life, go out with friends, buy nice things
it makes me a part of 'society'
I was in my late twenties before I considered buying a house (shame it was too late then), but I always had a work ethic..because that's just 'what you did'..you studied hard, you found a job, you worked hard. Even for £2.60 an hour. It was a 'foot in the door' so to speak. It lead to better things. It gave you a future.
Something has gone very wrong with today's kids that they don't want to/aren't able to hold down a job, even when they are offered one, regardless of the price of housing.
Owning a house isn't all there is to life. Life is worth living without having a mortgage. I'm pretty much resigned to that. Should I just quit my job and go on the dole because I cant afford a house? Well sorry, I don't want to.
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So..this app lets you take a picture, apply a filter, and upload it to facebook...and its worth a billion dollars? My phone lets me do that...or am I missing something here?
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The chemistry that Chris25 speaks of seems a rare commodity these days, for me at least. I mean the sort of chemistry when you see someone and think she seems nice, then get the chance to speak to her and you think "wow, she IS nice". You have it at some time in your life, that feeling the moment you meet someone that they are going to be important in your life. That sort of romance seems to have died away these days. You don't very often see first romance blossoming in cafes, bars, and the like. Something has happened between the sexes which I can't put my finger on. Women don't seem to make the effort to be alluring, attractive, charming, polite conversationalists. Maybe it's too much like hard work and they can't be bothered. I guess you could say the same about the guys, but I feel an awful lot of blokes just don't fancy many of the available women who are out there. Am I allowed to say that without an outraged kneejerk accusation of sexism? Well, sorry, it's just the way it seems. Chris25 is spot on. Don't compromise on your relationship. If she is absolutely the one, you'll probably know within seconds. Until then, might as well stay a singleton. Being a singleton sucks, socially, in many ways. You can feel excluded in many situations, but it's far better than opting into a bland, convenient, but not very passionate relationship which may become something you simply have to endure for many years just so you can be a "couple".
i've only had that chemistry once in my 30 odd years..there are plenty of women I've met where I think..'yeah, shes nice, we get on, i fancy her, could probably see myself settling down with her', but there's no wow factor..should I give up?
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The social engineering in Kirklees makes me sick.
They pretty much pushed the worst tenants from brackenhall to almondbury after the brackenhall made the BBC1 news & the police got petrol bombed etc.
Now almondbury is going down the pan thanks to the hard core criminal that have been transplanted there to make brakenhall habitable again
yep. and now almondbury and dalton are the worst areas in Hudds and brackenhall is slightly better than it used to be
The double glazing company that did my windows told me that residents in thortonlodge get grant to do their windows and other assorted building works. One job listed as "an extension" actually a completely seperate adjacted dwelling was completely paid for - I assume you know what type of people occupy thornton lodge ?
yes, urban regeneration don't you know! 'improving the corridors to the town'. They did the same in Bradford...££££s spent on PRIVATELY OWNED homes to improve the look of the town (if the owners hadn't let them get so run down they would'nt have needed to)
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I guarantee this will not save money. Existing staff will be protected...
I hope so..otherwise its a pay cut for me!
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Tesco store closes after protest
shame there was only 12 of them!
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You know I've never known "foreign" or East European labour in a Macdonalds. The employees in our local MacD's are all Yorkshire, or "Asian" Yorkshire. Perhaps in central London, but even in Romford they seemed to be Essex guys and girls.
Try KFC at marsh..they are ALL ALWAYS foreign..its bizarre..its like they have a policy of only employing foreign people..
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Is it full of nubile girls in jodhpurs who enjoy a nice muzzle?
alas no, its full of bearded old asians and chavs!
Nah, he owns. I meant that 2 beds are grotty, so what's a 1 bed like in comparison and why should it be that price in Yorkshire?
don't really understand this question?? obviously at the bottom of the market you get the bottom in terms of quality...i pay £350pcm for a 1 bed in huddersfield..its not by any means grotty, in fact quite nice, but its not 'luxury'...the converted mill 'apartments' with stylish kitchens are about £450pcm..so it depends what you want/need, as it does anywhere I guess..
Abandoned Nhs It System Has Cost £10Bn So Far
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That billing system you speak of is called payment by results. It actually works well and has done for years. Hideously complex and expensive though..
The big problem that needs solving is patient identification and medical histories, which as we have determined, is a long way off..