Cash-strapped HSSD spends thousands on signs
Thursday 4th February 2010, 2:29PM GMT.
NEW signs have been put up around the Princess Elizabeth Hospital at a cost of tens of thousands of pounds.
But Health and Social Services, which has cut services to stay within its budget, has rejected criticism of the expense.
‘The signs are for the new clinical block,’ said the spokesman.
The department refused to say how much the signs had cost, but it is believed it was £65,000.
The spokesman said the money for them was approved by the States more than three years ago.
‘Billet d’Etat XVII for the States meeting of Wednesday 25 October 2006 gave details of various elements associated with the development of the proposed new clinical block,’ he said.
‘At that meeting, the States approved that package and the funding for it, which included the new signs.’
The issue was brought up by a member of HSSD staff following cuts in the childcare subsidy and axing of freshly-cooked meals for night staff.
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£65,000 for some signs! That’s 1pound from each of us!
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It sounds a lot of money but at least it kept a Guernsey company in work and there will be some claw back via income tax
It was a Guernsey company wasn’t it ?
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if HSSD hadn’t put nice clear signs up, how many complaints would there be from patients and visitors getting hopelessly lost and being late for, or missing appointments? The GP would be full of them!! You just can’t please some people…..
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