HSE ambulance to get temp NHS LAS manager.

medic112

Was informed during the week that we are to get a London Ambulance Service manager for a couple of months on secondment to kick start the NAS. Should be intresting, lets hope the operational staff will be someway involved/informed.

Elessar

Kick start the NAS??

supermedic

Martin Flaherty is the man in question. Deputy CEO of London. Interesting to see what he can do with a vastly underfunded , demoralised and understaffed organisation, with nowhere near the structure he is use to. No deployment of ap's , no clinical support structures, no audit, no operational management out of hours, etc etc.... What can he do in 6 months with no money ??

resus

Hopefully give it the kick up the @rse it deserves. I'd welcome ANY fresh ideas

timmywex

Hopefully the powers that be give him support and make his time worth while! Las are excellent in so many areas, ppe, pr(look at the website), dispatch etc etc etc

Delancey

Is there such a deficit of skills here that necessitate drafting in expertise from elsewhere ?

Hooch

Disappointed they never advertised it.......they will now slip him into the job in a few months.

While NAS needed a good kicking to get things up to standard in certain areas and this lad may well do it......im sure we could have found someone within the Isle......or at least have fair interviews for it.

monkeysox

I always wonder when someone decides to leave a top class organisation.

Flaherty? Not really a British name is it?

Still any new blood must be welcomed to the HSE,
I appreciate that it wasn't advertised but too often the HSE promote people from within who are incapable of the role and just rot away til retirement.
LAS is a very progressive organisation that has seen many changes and dealt with huge challenges over the years.
It has a strong management structure and a focus on clinical care and patient outcomes.

All things considered I would welcome him and wish him well.

monkeysox

Martin Flaherty joined the Service in 1979. His career has included time spent as a paramedic, followed by 20 years as a manager in a variety of positions. He became an executive director in April 2005 and was responsible for coordinating the emergency medical response to the 7 July bombings that year. He was awarded an OBE in the 2006 New Year Honours. He became Deputy Chief Executive in May 2009.

medic112

Can't see him being around too long, he's organizing the EMS for london 2012. Anyone from an established EMSystem is welcome, As Supermedic above states this is the reality of were we are. LAS invests heavily in its managers as it beleives that if its got that right then all below will be right too.

jimemt96

i think a new face to try and sort things out is needed but lets hope he wont be rail roaded by political pressure and the powers that be saying we dont do that here .this is the way we do it and its our way and may be he will shift some of the dead wood and take in some functional paramedics :eek:

monkeysox

What's a'functional paramedic'?