Make it real

Originally posted @ 11:09 pm, Tue 7th Oct 2008

Had hoped to publish an optimistic entry today on progress presented in health services concerning a new provision of day services and procedures following heart attacks. Something tangible; something real.

Instead, our concerns remain dominated by what someone once suggested might be the greatest global financial crisis for 60 years. Today, the markets attacked the value of bank shares and a former head of a bank deigned to say market behaviour is sufficient criticism of Alistair Darling. It transpires huge values of the companies concerned were lost in part on the basis of rumours. Something less tangible, less real.

Now we look forward to the Gov't announcing a new package to help the financial markets. Keeping the financial systems going is the overriding objective. But once it's settled down, I hope we can have a new statement of partnership whereby the finance companies acknowledge the degree to which they are reliant on Gov't and that they are prepared to be accountable in a new way.