I feature in Kevin Keen article about the public sector.
Personally, I think non-frontline services need to be streamlined.
We need to increase funding for frontline services, and we also need to prioritise transfers to the reserve funds, too.
Chris Edmond Kevin Keen jepnews Productivity was a key message, and also a key message in the Fiscal Policy Panels housing review also in today’s JEP. It should be the council of ministers no 1 priority
Chris Edmond Kevin Keen jepnews Makes a valid point. But whether it will be taken up is another thing.
Rowland Huelin Chris Edmond Kevin Keen jepnews Unfortunately our civil service won t do anything about themselves. And will stop Ministers doing anything.
ANDY BROWN Kevin Keen Ben Shenton Jim Perchard Are the talking about the bricks & mortar, or the Civil Service occupiers?
Chris Edmond Kevin Keen jepnews The change can only start at the top. Scrap the Assembly, then start leading the civil services
Kevin Keen Ben Shenton Jim Perchard so if they haven t been maintained underspends v budget are meaningless. And if the catch up hasn t been budgeted so are forecasts and plans.
Chris Edmond Kevin Keen jepnews Realistically the island needs someone who will put their fist through it and not stop until the sheep have fled. You can build back better after the reckoning.
Chris Edmond Kevin Keen jepnews We’re appointing more health managers who then need asst managers to help them bean count in preference to frontline clinical workers. They add layers of (delaying) bureaucracy to provision of patient care. They don’t facilitate they hesitate. They don’t listen to the care givers
Deputy Max Andrews Kevin Keen Seriously, some departments are much too large. Revenue for one, where full modernisation of the tax laws could result in a more efficient system. For example, most employees in the UK don't even fill in annual returns, no split payments on 'account', tax deducted by banks.
Rowland Huelin Kevin Keen jepnews Completely agree Rowland Huelin. Which means having the best people, in the right roles, empowering them and supporting them to be their best. Need somehow to cut back on roles that don’t really deliver, across all sectors.
