On 12/04/07, Dr Skinner <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Of course I do not advocate lying and in most cases not threatening either, Understood, of course. > but I was merely pointing out that I have witnessed both strategies being > used effectively in certain situations... and in the private sector I think > people do both far more often than we good public servants are used to in > the NHS. I felt that the NHS was largely free of lying and threats for a long time. But now I wonder whether behaviour by politicians and the higher echelons of management is subtly changing the ethos of our service. I can put it no more delicately than that. -- Michael Leuty Nottingham, UK