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Is the Borough's Health System a financial shambles?

Is that sensational reporting in the Hounslow Chronicle Today?"The Hounslow Borough's Health System has racked up a multi-million pound debt over the past few years. The system LOCALLY has gone from £4,000,000 in debt in 2002 to £13,000,000 now!"There is a threat..it is claimed.."to divert sick people away from West Mid"Is the service plagued by scams and ...staff and Management failures and incompetance...not just in the Hospitals and GP surgeries...but at the quangos and Area Offices etc.I just cannot believe that some local GP's have been milking the the NHS for huge false expenses....whilst the Area NHS offices have failed badly.... to check whether claims from GP's, suppliers and others are honest and true.I'm told by people in the know...that some GP's (or medical practioners) send in false claims for expenses ..lets say for £20,000... which were not checked...and the GP was amazed to find a cheque in the post for that amount. So, being greedy ..he did it again and again...and our wonderful Public Servant responsible for handling these claims didn't even think it was necessary to verify them. Plain bloody stupid. How can our Council and Government Officers be happy with that state of affairs.Today's Chronicle reports on a Dr Jagdeep Gossain, a Tanzanian born doctor from Osterley who may have overclaimed £500,000 over eight years! UP TO 1998.  HE USED UP ALMOST A THIRD OF OUR LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES BUDGET!!!  Weren't these claims checked etc..I asked  my contact. "No Jim..but they are now"!    Well, only last year there was another GP in Isleworth..Spring Grove Road...who was caught doing similar things.Do these huge outflows of dosh such as thesespass underneath the noses of staff at the Civic Centre?...or in the Police service...etc ?Its OUR lolly being used up and are often kept at a distance if making enquiries.£500,000 overclaimed expenses!!!!...and no-one noticed!!!..Its a joke.I reminds me of the carbon paper scams of years gone by...when invoices for non-ever-delivered carbon paper was sent to all kinds of organisations..and amazingly lots of them coughed up...without checking.Finally..I'm concerned at the seeming rapid growth of "emergency Dental services" in the Hounslow area...and I'm just wondering whether someone ought to be investigating the growth of such services...and what are the additional financial implications for you  and I.

Jim Lawes ● 7274d1 Comments

(This posting corrects one or two matters in the original.)Is that sensational reporting in the Hounslow Chronicle Today?"The Borough of Hounslow's Health System has racked up a multi-million pound debt over the past few years. The system LOCALLY has gone from £4,000,000 in debt in 2002 to £13,000,000 now!"There is a threat..it is claimed.."to divert sick people away from West Mid"Is the service plagued by scams and ...staff and Management failures and incompetance...not just in the Hospitals and GP surgeries...but at the quangos and Area Offices too?I just cannot believe that some local GP's have been milking the the NHS for huge false expenses....whilst the Area NHS offices have failed badly.... to check whether claims from GP's, suppliers and others are honest and true.I'm told by people in the know...that some GP's (or medical practioners) send in false claims for expenses ..lets say for £20,000... which were not checked...and the GP was amazed to find a cheque in the post for that amount. So, being greedy ..he did it again and again...and our wonderful Public Servant responsible for handling these claims didn't even think it was necessary to verify them.Plain bloody stupid. How can our Council and Government Officers be happy with that state of affairs?Today's Chronicle reports on a Dr Jagdeep Gossain, a Tanzanian born doctor from Osterley who may have overclaimed £500,000 over eight years! UP TO 1998.  HE USED UP ALMOST A THIRD OF OUR LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES BUDGET!!!"Weren't these and other claims checked etc?" I asked  my contact. "No Jim..but they are now"!  Well, only last year there was another GP in Isleworth..Spring Grove Road...who was caught doing similar things!! Do huge outflows of dosh such as these pass underneath the noses of staff at the Civic Centre say?...or say in the Police service...or other Public Bodies?Its OUR lolly being used up and are often kept at a distance if making enquiries.£500,000 overclaimed expenses!!!!...and no-one noticed!!!..Its a joke.It reminds me of the carbon paper scams of years gone by...when invoices for non-ever-delivered carbon paper was sent to all kinds of organisations..and amazingly lots of them coughed up...without checking.Finally..I'm concerned at the seeming rapid growth of "emergency Dental services" in the Hounslow area...and I'm just wondering whether someone ought to be investigating the growth of such services...and what are the additional financial implications for you...and I..and the National Health Services.  I'm throwing up subjects for you to investigate and explore!

Jim Lawes ● 7274d