If Michael O'Leary ran the HSE....

20-01-2010 11:38AM

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Can you imagine?

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#2 20-01-2010 11:39AM

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Yeah, it might work properly. Horror of horrors.

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#3 20-01-2010 11:40AM

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alias06 wrote: »

Can you imagine?

It's customary for the OP to at least have some opinion on their thread.

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#4 20-01-2010 11:40AM

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alias06 wrote: »

Can you imagine?

Can you?

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#5 20-01-2010 11:42AM

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Yeah, we'd have to bring our own bedclothes to the hospital, pay for the jacks (discount for those on a kimode) water and food - All overpriced.

In saying that though, I wonder what the nurses calendar would look lije

Anything like the cabin crew one I wonder?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80b5Pm6sf34

Edit, on second thought, probably more like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs_9YTl0QJQ

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#6 20-01-2010 11:42AM

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alias06 wrote: »

Can you imagine?

That depends, sometimes I close my eyes but the bad pictures come

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#7 20-01-2010 11:43AM

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He'd log on to boards.ie and read After hours for tips on how to run the HSE, save the country, clean up haiti and still manage the delicate trick of being able to fap while hanging from a tree stalking your neighbour whos studying for the leaving cert

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#8 20-01-2010 11:44AM

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m@cc@ wrote: »

It's customary for the OP to at least have some opinion on their thread.

I just wanted to get the discussion going but yes I can imagine it.

A doctor diagnoses a man with a terminal illness. The doctor says 'I'm afraid you're not going to make it.' The doc leaves a bottle of whiskey and a handgun on the table and then leaves the room, quietly closing the door behind him. His family are left with a massive bill.

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#9 20-01-2010 11:45AM

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i prefer to think about "if michael o leary were in a room with me and a baseball bat, how long would he keep being a mouthy cnut?"

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#10 20-01-2010 11:45AM

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I can't say how well he would do; but one thing is for sure, the current crowd need a serious makeover. The HSE IMO needs a leader, a business leader with passion, direction. All the certs and degrees in the world doesn't mean you can lead.

A Bill Cullen or O'Leary or Tony O'Reilly are the types of persons that have proved that they can lead, delegate, motivate and shake things up. At the moment we have a doctor running a business. To me, this isn't working, not saying that just because you are a medical doctor means you cannot lead an organisation, but in this instance I think we need a business brain

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#11 20-01-2010 11:45AM

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I can imagine... :pac:

You want a bed? That'll be €50 a night.
You want a pillow? That'll be €10 a night

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#12 20-01-2010 11:46AM

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I can imagine alright:

- Hospitals located no where near the population mass
- No cost to be admitted, but everything else charged on an a al carte basis, so creating the two (or even three/four/ five) tier system that is so hated by the public
- the earlier you book your operation the cheaper, just make sure you don't need to attend a hospital in an emergancy - The charge would be a whopper!
- Operations and procedures cancelled for the most stupid of reasons, and patients having to re-book another appointment at a higer price.
- meals / drinks etc for in-patients would be over charged rubber muck.

.... i could go on ... but i'm sure there are others with more imagination !!

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#13 20-01-2010 11:47AM

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we'd have to arrive there 2 hours before our scheduled appointment

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#14 20-01-2010 11:49AM

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To be fair to him even if he doesn't have any experience in healthcare he couldn't make it much worse than it already is.

Lets not forget, he sucessfully runs the biggest airline in Europe and even if some of the things he comes out with are slightly bizarre Ryanair still provide exceptional bang for buck, something irish healthcare needs.

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#15 20-01-2010 11:52AM

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Most of the bad things mentioned above

+

Everyone will get attention, treatment, help and assistance.
We will start taking patients from Europe, generating revenue.

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#16 20-01-2010 11:57AM

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I too listened to all the radio DJs discussing this this morning.

Now to recycle their jokes........

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#17 20-01-2010 12:30PM

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smellslikeshoes wrote: »

To be fair to him even if he doesn't have any experience in healthcare he couldn't make it much worse than it already is..

Oh yes he could.

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#18 20-01-2010 12:40PM

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hooradiation wrote: »

Oh yes he could.

I could well imagine Michale making people actually work, and work effectively.

You wouldn't have back logs near as bad. Consultants wouldn't be on tv programmes making a name for themselves (Crown). They'd be doing what we ****ing pay them to do, consult. Waiting lists wouldn't be two to three years for standard operations and consultations. The HSE is sewn up with bureaucracy.

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#19 20-01-2010 12:41PM

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He would:

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"Tell it straight"

"Clear out the dead wood"

"Sock it to the begrudgers"

"Get them on their toes"

"Tell it how it is"

"Shake things up"

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#20 20-01-2010 12:49PM

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stovelid wrote: »

He would:

(delete where applicable)

"Tell it straight"

"Clear out the dead wood"

"Sock it to the begrudgers"

"Get them on their toes"

"Tell it how it is"

"Shake things up"

In addition he would also:

"Do a little dance"

"Make a little love"

"Get down tonight"

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#21 20-01-2010 12:50PM

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walshb wrote: »

I could well imagine Michale making people actually work, and work effectively.

You wouldn't have back logs near as bad. Consultants wouldn't be on tv programmes making a name for themselves (Crown). They'd be doing what we ****ing pay them to do, consult. Waiting lists wouldn't be two to three years for standard operations and consultations. The HSE is sewn up with bureaucracy.

Oh god, that's just precious.

The sooner people stop thinking that because O'Leary can run a cheap and nasty airline he's the perfect candidate for anything the better, because it's a ****ing asinine notion.

You want to know what health-care would be like with that shitheel in charge, look at the American system.
And if you think that's preferable then may god have mercy on you, because that health system certainly won't.

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#22 20-01-2010 12:51PM

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I like Michael O'leary, I heard him on the radio and he seems cool

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#23 20-01-2010 12:52PM

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hooradiation wrote: »

Oh god, that's just precious.

The sooner people stop thinking that because O'Leary can run a cheap and nasty airline he's the perfect candidate for anything the better, because it's a ****ing asinine notion.

You want to know what health-care would be like with that shitheel in charge, look at the American system.
And if you think that's preferable then may god have mercy on you, because that health system certainly won't.

Who said he was the perfect candidate?

He may fail; it's not a question that we know the answer to. I suspect he would do a better job than the current leader

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#24 20-01-2010 12:58PM

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walshb wrote: »

Who said he was the perfect candidate?

He may fail; it's not a question that we know the answer to. I suspect he would do a better job than the current leader

How?
He'll "make people work"?
By doing what waving his magic wand? The power of "Telling it like it is"?

He made his name nickel and diming people and cutting every possible corner, he's the worst candidate.

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#25 20-01-2010 01:00PM

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He wouldn't pay radiographers triple overtime for working Sunday, the day most people probably break limbs given the amount of sport played. The HSE is a bloody shambles

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#26 20-01-2010 01:03PM

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alias06 wrote: »

Can you imagine?

All those nicely dressed bureaucrats in those ex-convent offices, might have do some work or go elsewhere. Oh the horror. A hospital department, if that's the name, will need admin people, but these large offices unconnected to any hospital need to go.

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#27 20-01-2010 01:06PM

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Fcuking hell, is there anything this man can't do?

Why doesn't he get into politics then? Because he knows he'd be shit, that's why.. He's only interested in his personal wealth, sure lets make him minister for finance

talking crap about how things are done on whine-line radio doesn't make a good politician

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#28 20-01-2010 01:21PM

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jdivision wrote: »

He wouldn't pay radiographers triple overtime for working Sunday, the day most people probably break limbs given the amount of sport played. The HSE is a bloody shambles

that is scandalous! any dim witted cnut could save the hse department a **** load of money in no time.

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#29 20-01-2010 01:24PM

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drdeadlift wrote: »

that is scandalous! any dim witted cnut could save the hse department a **** load of money in no time.

Yes, but this carry on is all sewn up "legally." These guys are untouchable.

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#30 20-01-2010 01:27PM

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stovelid wrote: »

He would:

"Clear out the dead wood"

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My fear is that these would be patients he'd be referring to. And they might not even be dead - just unprofitable.

Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.

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#31 20-01-2010 01:33PM

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walshb wrote: »

I suspect he would do a better job than the current leader

+1

Can't stand the little runt but I agree he would clear out layers of bureaucracy and inefficiencies.

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