New hospital on the way?

A RADICAL overhaul of Jersey’s Health Service could see a new hospital, over-50s having a free GP visit and elderly people living longer in their own homes, if the newly appointed Health Minister gets her way.
Anne Pryke, who was appointed to the post this week, has today revealed what changes she would like to make to the embattled department.
With around 3,000 employees to manage and a budget of £154 million, the Trinity Deputy knows that there was a big challenge ahead.
Former Health Minister Jim Perchard, who resigned after a controversial row with Senator Stuart Syvret in the States, said that the General Hospital was ‘impractical, old, tired and getting past its sell-by date’.
Deputy Pryke also believes that the Island needs an up-to-date and fit-for-purpose Health Service. (from thisisjersey)

Great Ideas but can the Island afford them?

We could'n't but have now got a "State of the art" hospital but not enough staff.Joined up government!

It's not the building that's the problem it is the completely corrupt and dysfunctional senior management that at issue. Getting rid of them and employing less but more able people would be considerably cheaper and immensely more effective than some new concrete and glass superstructure.

The COM think nothing of spending millions of pounds but don't have the courage to make really effective decisions like investigating and disciplining incompetent senior civil servants, which you would think would be much easier.