well you posted earlier today that companies are there to make a profit, common sense would tell you it would be cheaper to employ your own maintenance staff than paying inflated prices to a 3rd party who sole purpose is to make a profitOriginally Posted by SimonH
Ok, for example the maintenance of the ambulances
So, you'd pay to kit out a workshop with all the tools, ramps etc, then pay mechanics to work there, say 3 or 4 to work on a fleet of say on average 10 ambulances that need maintenance say once a month. Doesn't sound financially viable to me, surely it's be cheaper to contract it outwell you posted earlier today that companies are there to make a profit, common sense would tell you it would be cheaper to employ your own maintenance staff than paying inflated prices to a 3rd party who sole purpose is to make a profit
i would have thought depending on how much work needed doing, that would decide on how many mechanics they employedSo, you'd pay to kit out a workshop with all the tools, ramps etc, then pay mechanics to work there, say 3 or 4 to work on a fleet of say on average 10 ambulances that need maintenance say once a month. Doesn't sound financially viable to me, surely it's be cheaper to contract it out
what are you saying they only work for 1 or 2 days a month ?
biggest cost to most companies is the wage bill, so a private company would have to employ a mechanic and charge more to the NHS than if the NHS employed a mechanic themselves as the private company has to make a profit, and that means charging the NHS more
Ah ok, so you pay a mechanic 25K a year and it cost's a few 100k to kit out each workshop, doesn't take long on a calculator to work out it's cheaper to pay Joe's garage down the road a bit extra on labour and utilise their facilities to maintain your fleeti would have thought depending on how much work needed doing, that would decide on how many mechanics they employed
what are you saying they only work for 1 or 2 days a month ?
biggest cost to most companies is the wage bill, so a private company would have to employ a mechanic and charge more to the NHS than if the NHS employed a mechanic themselves as the private company has to make a profit, and that means charging the NHS more
rubbish the garage down the road has to make a profit to pay for the rent of the garage, the owner, anyone else who works there, etc.Ah ok, so you pay a mechanic 25K a year and it cost's a few 100k to kit out each workshop, doesn't take long on a calculator to work out it's cheaper to pay Joe's garage down the road a bit extra on labour and utilise their facilities to maintain your fleet
you assuming that the mechanic(s) is sat fiddling his thumbs all day long doing nothing,
if thats so why dont the nhs hire him out to the garage !
Because the mechanic would get his union involved and they'd all go out on strikerubbish the garage down the road has to make a profit to pay for the rent of the garage, the owner, anyone else who works there, etc.
you assuming that the mechanic(s) is sat fiddling his thumbs all day long doing nothing,
if thats so why dont the nhs hire him out to the garage !
Can you name me any other company with a fleet of 10 or 20 vehicles that has their own fully equipped workshop
have you been in a workshop at a Hospital ?Can you name me any other company with a fleet of 10 or 20 vehicles that has their own fully equipped workshop
i can name that and we run 3 workshops fully fitted in different parts of the country to support our vehiclesBecause the mechanic would get his union involved and they'd all go out on strike
Can you name me any other company with a fleet of 10 or 20 vehicles that has their own fully equipped workshop
Ooops looks like I got in with my quote before you could edit out that last bit, sorry
Bang on SimonSo, you'd pay to kit out a workshop with all the tools, ramps etc, then pay mechanics to work there, say 3 or 4 to work on a fleet of say on average 10 ambulances that need maintenance say once a month. Doesn't sound financially viable to me, surely it's be cheaper to contract it out
completely wrong thou, they service around 1000 vehicles in my area not 10Bang on Simon
Greatcompletely wrong thou, they service around 1000 vehicles in my area not 10
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