tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post1796879704252583993..comments2024-03-29T11:13:00.338+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: The Forecast Is For More Hectoring, Nannying And Authoritarianism...JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-60667090009808608062013-06-12T05:20:53.244+01:002013-06-12T05:20:53.244+01:00"Also, the more crappy leaflets you send me, ...<i>"Also, the more crappy leaflets you send me, the quicker the buggers overflow."</i> <br /><br />Luckily, our recycling bin is twice the size of the others! It's almost like they know...<br /><br /><i>"WTF are they doing with HEALTH - isn't that what the NHS is for."</i> <br /><br />Well, indeed!<br /><br /><i>"Out of curiosity, how do they define 'a life saved'?"</i> <br /><br />And, as John Pickworth points out, what's the point in saving them?<br /> <br /><i>"If local councils are responsible for Public Health then who's this lot ?"</i> <br /><br />It is, indeed, a zero-sum game... :/JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-47692717317770879952013-06-11T21:09:43.639+01:002013-06-11T21:09:43.639+01:00If local councils are responsible for Public Healt...If local councils are responsible for Public Health then who's this lot ?<br /><br />https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/public-health-englandDouble Visionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-46035060123355503952013-06-11T21:08:34.906+01:002013-06-11T21:08:34.906+01:00Decades of 'in between years' interrupt ad...Decades of 'in between years' interrupt admiration for the work done by local and central government.MTGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-67191473427152386732013-06-11T18:19:47.517+01:002013-06-11T18:19:47.517+01:00"30,000 lives a year by 2020"
Ooops! Mi...<i>"30,000 lives a year by 2020"</i><br /><br />Ooops! Misread that first time around. <br /><br />But yes, as someone above asked, how do you quantify a life saved? Or measure those lost through impoverishment due to ever increasing taxes.<br />John Pickworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02166443099429490782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-7643574542639027982013-06-11T13:45:30.908+01:002013-06-11T13:45:30.908+01:00Saves on the cost of firelighters for my wood-burn...Saves on the cost of firelighters for my wood-burner.Lynne at Counting Catshttp://www.countingcats.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-33942930585328617092013-06-11T11:56:41.106+01:002013-06-11T11:56:41.106+01:00"... to achieve Government targets of saving ...<i>"... to achieve Government targets of saving 30,000 lives a year by 2020"</i><br /><br />So, 4500 lives a year. <br /><br />A worthy goal for sure but at what cost to the rest of us? The worry I have, and I'm sorry to be blunt, but how many of these saved people will go on to lead productive lives? Is it not just as likely that many will need further support and continue to draw upon resources for even longer?<br /><br />Meanwhile, those footing the bills are cancelling their gym memberships, giving up sports, eating less healthily, switching off the heating and turning their hands to risky behaviours like fixing their own roofs/electrics/gas in an attempt to make ends meet?<br /><br />On the face of it, I'd say this is a zero sum game with all the overheads. John Pickworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02166443099429490782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-12185126067098801872013-06-11T11:30:37.257+01:002013-06-11T11:30:37.257+01:00I demand a 'comprehensive obesity service'...I demand a 'comprehensive obesity service' - now!<br /><br />Whatever next, I often wonder? I can quite honestly say I'm glad to be on the way out rather than on the way in.opsimathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-73299828665771653192013-06-11T10:52:35.312+01:002013-06-11T10:52:35.312+01:00Out of curiosity, how do they define 'a life s...Out of curiosity, how do they define 'a life saved'? And how would you measure this? After all if they have set targets on this surely they must have some means of defining and collecting said data.<br /><br />I wonder if they keep data on the number of pot holes they fill in only for them to return a week later because it was so badly done...Crazed Weevilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-59490689643655120992013-06-11T10:16:45.939+01:002013-06-11T10:16:45.939+01:00Unbelievable! I just want my council to look afte...Unbelievable! I just want my council to look after the roads and collect my rubbish, WTF are they doing with HEALTH - isn't that what the NHS is for. What a waste of fucking moneyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-1041787345387727102013-06-11T09:40:47.953+01:002013-06-11T09:40:47.953+01:00All I really get for my council tax is the bins be...All I really get for my council tax is the bins being emptied once a fortnight, and they even fail on that score roughly one time in three.<br />Public health - don't leave overflowing bins for four/six weeks at a time, it encourages rats and disease.<br />Also, the more crappy leaflets you send me, the quicker the buggers overflow.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873645995963095893noreply@blogger.com