Rubbish. I speak as an ex-PCG chair.

Those of you who know me, may well wonder how I became a PCG chair. 
Basically I was the stroppy git who wanted to beat up the HA/PCT. As we 
were as small PCG, the local press did not waste time with us, prefering 
to spend time with the local larger PCGs. Shame as we pubically hung out 
the financially manager of the HA out to dry on several occasions but 
the press were not there to witness it. The local brown nosing larger 
PCGs were much kinder to the intellectually challenged finnace manger, 
and so the press did not get their story. But we were too small, and we 
were swallowed by local PCG's who became PCT's and resistance died. I 
now as an ex- fundholder, leader of a locality purchasing group, leader 
of a locality fundholding group (which had the legs cut from under of it 
when Labour was elected), Ex-PCG chair, Ex-PCT boardmember, am now 
completely uninvolved in the process, and only look to filling up my 
pension fund before resigning as quickly as possible when investment 
income = aspirational income= retirement skiing residnece in the French 
Alps. After all what the hell is there left in this country to keep us 
loyal. As many supporters of Kilroy have said, " we are a minority in 
our own country and we do not have free speech". I can't see the

We could beat the s**t out of each other in private but once the 
decision had been made by the majority of the PCG board, we had to 
support that decision despite our previous misgivings, or resign. i.e 
cabinet responsibility, agree or die.

Richatd Johnson

Paul Caldwell wrote:

> As an ex-PEC chair, I disagree that if one says something that is not 
> PCT Policy, then u automatically have to resign. It is rare that any 
> board of any organisation is always unanimous about everything. There 
> is a duty on any public body to open and accountable and this includes 
> recognising publicly that there are internal differences. No one would 
> believe u otherwise. I am sure that any board chair worth their salt 
> would not ask a PEC chair to resign unless the public disagreement was 
> so damaging as to threaten the organisation, was plainly wrong or 
> about such a serious matter that it would be a resignation issue. If 
> the PEC chair felt that the threat of being asked to resign was an 
> attempt at gagging then he is duty bound, especially over clinical 
> policy issues, to resign and MUST whistle-blow publically.
>
>
>> From: Fay Wilson <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: GP-UK <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: At am OOH
>> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 22:31:19 -0000
>>
>> From: "Trefor Roscoe" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 10:17 PM
>>
>>
>> > Argument kicking off on DNUK.
>> >
>> > A PCT has been told by the DoH (apparently) that Sat am may not be
>> > considered OOH.
>>
>> Not true. Though the PCT can commission a LES to provide services 
>> during OOH
>> if it wants
>> .
>> >
>> > A PEC chair has defended the PCT!!!!
>> That comes with the territory. It's part of the job like shutting up 
>> if you
>> don't agree (if unable to do this should resign).
>> Fay
>
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