Followers of my blog will have seen the NHS question about how many reorganisations have we had. We've yet another. The number of PCTs (Primary Care Trusts) nationally is to halve. This means merging East and North. (and then probably HoB and south). It would be nice if people would stick with one structure. There is a quotation ( Which sadly does not appear to be a true quotation ) We trained hard . . . but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization. But has to have been originated by someone. The web link shown goes through the derivation which appears to be more linked to an anonymous British Soldier WW2 than any Roman or Greek General called by a name perming 2 out of (Gaius, Galus, Petronius and Arbiter). From the...
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That image did remind me of a conversation some of my work collegues and I had last week. We were discussing where parliament would move to when London is too badly flooded and has to be abandoned. Birmingham would be the obvious location due to being built on a hill, our transportation network and the fact that we already have 3 venues that could be easily adapted to accomodate the government.
A number of people did comment, however, that the rampant Brummiephobia that seems to infest the south east would mean that Manchester would be a more likely relocation site.