Difficult to know where to start with that one Lizzie; do you ever bother to check facts, as opposed to hearsay and innuendo? You are setting yourself up here as a sort of crusading hero who us going to expose the wrongs of our society. Could I respectfully recommend you read Don Quixote before doing so?
Most of that last tirade was simply foolish nonsense, but responsible care organisations will now have to devote scarce time and resources to answering your allegations. Since the allegations are without foundation, what do you suppose you have achieved?
Perhaps an example would serve to show the silliness. You make great play of the 'overmanaged' NHS (despite being told several times that this issue is not an NHS responsibility, even in Torbay). The argument goes; Most people would agree that large, profitable companies like Tesco, Sainsburys or Marks and Spencers are well run, and therefore it is reasonable to suppose that they have a suitable balance between operational and managerial staff. If we do like-for-like comparisons, these companies spend between 12% and 13.5% of their paybill on management. (Tesco is the lowest, M&S the highest, on 2008 figures). Allegedly 'efficient' American private healthcare spends about 19% on management. The NHS spends about 7.5% at most on management when compared like-for-like. Add to that the fact that NHS managerial salaries are on average 15% lower than private sector managers with equivalent responsibilities. I hold no brief to defend the NHS, but it's important to get the facts straight (unless you write for/read the Daily Mail, of course).
Interestingly, the Tories were proposing yesterday to cut admin jobs in the NHS. Note; admin jobs, not admin functions. The effect of this is that the amount of admin work will not change, but will have to be done by clinical staff (who don't usually have the skills)rather than backroom staff. A specific effect would be that the rant above would have to be investigated and replied to by an Occupational Therapist who might have been better employed re-assessing Vi's needs. We've been through this before in the early 80's when the Tories cracked down on Ward Clerks; this meant that Sister had to do all the admin, at a much higher rate of pay.
Lizzie, please re-read some of the above posts, calm down and start doing things that will actually help Vi to get what she needs.
Tim