Re: Security costs
> "I would look to getting rid of the management overhead first, there are still lots of people without medical qualification in the NHS taking home wages that the qualified are unlikley to ever see."
When I worked for the NHS in the 80s as an IT specialist, my salary (low for IT but high for the NHS) put me into a management grade. As such, I was contracted to "work the hours necessary to perform my duties", i.e. long hours and no paid overtime. I regularly made the comment to medical staff that I was an "administrative overhead"; They were polite or smart enough to recognise that my IT skills were valuable.
I understand what you mean about administrative waste, but most of the administrators are desperately trying to make sure money is spent well. The Government has the same underlying goal, though frequent changes in policy inevitably mean more short-term waste. It's not a simple subject, but it's highly visible.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
