How To Run A Hospital | Yes Minister | BBC Comedy Greats

well I suppose we could form an interdepartmental committee to examine the feasibility of monitoring a proposal for admitting patients at an earlier day how long would that take to report oh not long how about get rid of all the staff currently employed at that Hospital and use the money saved to open closed Ward's in other hospitals Minister we can afford it we open some Edwards with medical staff if you would be so kind as to if you do that you will delay the opening of some Edwards for patients for years why what do you talk as if the staff had nothing to do simply because there no patients there what do they do Oh Minister there are a large number of extremely busy departments first there's a contingency department for fast strikes air raids nuclear war epidemics food or water poisoning in such a crisis the local General Hospital is a key Centre for survival then there's the data and research department who at this moment are conducting a full-scale demographic survey of the catchment area we have to anticipate the future requirements for maternity geriatrics pediatrics and the male-female balance then thirdly this finance of course projected accounts balance sheets and cash flow budgets then there's the purchasing department for purchasing medical and other equipment examining estimates looking at priceless and catalog to see what well everything Minister everything from brain scanners to bra so may I continue be briefer yeah what did I good minister but I'm afraid you do need to understand fifth there's the technical department for evaluating equipment six there's the building department which deals with the phase three building plans costing and so forth for the final phase of the hospital which should be completed by 1994 then this maintenance cleaning and catering personnel in charge of leave national health insurance salaries as well as some staff welfare offices to look after the over 500 employees and finally administration administrators more administrators to administrate the other administrators but this is important work Minister the typing pool stationery desks office furniture and equipment liaison between departments can tell with your big series what do you mean you know people healing the sick all these vital tasks that I've just listed must be carried out with or without patients what why what I didn't understand how I can express it why what would you get rid of the army just because there was no war we don't measure our success by results but by activity and the activities considerable and productive those 500 people are seriously overworked course the full establishment should be 650 may I show you some of the paperwork emanating from some dead wood no you may not be not good enough check them minister we need our administrators otherwise the hospital will never open well ancillary staff equally impossible the union's word wear it well check half the administrators half the ancillary staff and use the money safe to get some doctors and nurses and open some may well minister actually have a word with the health service unions but I don't hold out much hope go you

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Length: 4min 19sec (259 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 13 2020