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• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  29 September 2016     13:35318453
  #1      
  An ambulance parked outside my place a few nights ago, the driver got out for a smoke whilst waiting for the next call and I noticed on the side of the vehicle it said G4S working with the NHS or similar wording.
  
  I don't see why a company with such a bad track record in public services are involved with something so important.
  
  http://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/resign-mp-tells-ambulance-bosses-103299/
• Captain Haddock

  • Location: Marlinspike Hall
  • Registered: 8 Oct 2012
  • Posts: 8,397
  29 September 2016     14:37318455
  #2      
  Why G4S? Because the last lot were even worse!
  
  http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/g4s-scoops-nhs-contract-48234/
  
  They are 'only' doing patient transport NOT providing paramedics or 'trucks', a lot of of which would be unnecessary if only we had a half decent public transport system in the UK.
  
  As long as we continue worshiping at the Cult of the Car and spending our money on yet more 'necessary' parking spaces rather than actually realising that the purpose of a 'transport policy' is to actually transport people around rather than store their silly status symbols for the 95%+ of the time they are not being used we can expect more of this.
  "The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
  
  Dr. Hunter S Thompson