Kevevs - two of them really did look in a bad way. If by smoking a cigarette, it helps them cope then that's fine. I used to smoke and won't judge anyone that does. I don't like it now but I did it for 20 years.
I'm the last person to take the moral high ground, believe me.
This is a wind up isnt it..I hope its a wind up..
No, it isn't a wind-up. Cinnamon Girl gets herself all worked up sometimes. The other day it was her water bill. Which wasn't that bad actually, quite reasonable. Less than mine that's for sure.
I'm so glad she can't see the scaffolding the council have put up on our block....
would i be wrong if they did get a cut - ony providing that cut went to the greater good fund of the hospital for resources! sick people need coffee too!
But you can't have folk wandering around holding hot drinks!
I have to say we get more slips, trips and falls from our local huge shopping centre than from our own hospital. In the 16 years I have worked in hospitals, I have noticed that people have been able to gain hot drinks from a variety of sources, and it has never really struck me as a major risk. Perhaps modern hot drinks are more dangerous, and drinks from major chains are more sinister? If this is the case they must be banned!
A few years ago I remember a patient popped across the rather busy road across form our A&E to grab himself a pizza at one of the take aways, he had an unfortunate interface with a taxi whilst returning and never made it through the night. Perhaps pizza's are also sinister, and should be banned?
Won't somebody think about the children! ffs.
Ambulance Chasers cards in A and E are a rather unpleasant sight
They really are scumbags and no doubt do very well out of peoples injuries whilst also pushing up the price of insurance
Just like the clampers that enforce the hideously high hospital parking charges
Where I used to live one chap marched a clamper out from his office at gunpoint to unclamp his car.
Clamper actually fouled his underwear, but got the car unclamped pretty quick
Shame that the gunman got jailed for this harmless action
So someone merely doing their job deserves to have a gun pointed at them then? 
I hope you never have a gun pointed at you, and fear for your life just for doing your job.
LGI used to have a burger king!
I expect the hospital gets a sizeable rent from the over priced shop and costa coffee, however, I have the utmost support for Costa coffee, since they went 24 hour at Leeds general, my quality of life on nights has improved 10 fold.
Mine were kept on reins until 7 years old.
seriously?
I'd love to say that the hospital does get a sizable rent from these concessions but the truth of the matter is that most don't. Most/All of the hospitals with Costas and Burger Kings will be Private Finance Initiative hospitals which are owned by private companies and simply rented back to the NHS at exorbitant rates.
All the money paid in rent for these concessions will go into the pockets of private business. PFI hospitals are one of the worst things to happen to the NHS in years - don't get me started on what a bad idea they are....
Well, more entertainment so thank you all!
As Elfin says, I do get rather 'worked up' which unfortunately is due to not riding my bike. 
dr_death - gosh, that's an eye-opener. Hopefully they do get plenty of extra revenue from car parking charges?
I suggest you ride your bike CG. Lots.
CG - Again, most don't. When the PFI people build the hospital they usually take over all if its grounds as well and then farm out the car parking to another private company. More profits for private business I'm afraid!
There are a couple of good articles about the mess we have made with PFI un the Guardian this weekend, it's going to end up costing the taxpayer around £65 Billion over the next 30 years for about £10 Billion of investment by the private companies.... I'll dig out the links when I'm back at my desktop.
Just report it to Health and Safety Officer who will assess the situation.
If it is a danger then they will tell security to stop these people bringing in their drinks -besides its not healthy all that sugar and caffine, recycling and more waste costs the hospital - send that to the CFO of the hospital then it will get done.
And relax.
send that to the CFO of the hospital then it will get done
the mess
Indeed, Dr Death. Especially fugging enraging when you know how hard people are working at the sharp end. And doubly so knowing that most could see this coming. Funny how people deride "Socialism", when NuLab were so happy for our infrastructure to be shafted by private sector interests.
SGH - when they contracted out the catering (and replaced patient meals with microwaved stuff), they closed most of the on-site catering/kitchen facilities. Quality in the staff canteen went down, whilst prices (drum roll) went up. Needless to say, megcorp Compass are just fine with that.
CG - See here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/aug/13/nhs-pfi-65-billion-bill-repayments
and here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/14/pfi-wheeze-nhs-funding-problems
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