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[SimonH]

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 profit

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 out

[joebloggs]

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 out

i 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

[SimonH]

i 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

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

[joebloggs]

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

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.

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 !

[SimonH]

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.

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 strike

Can you name me any other company with a fleet of 10 or 20 vehicles that has their own fully equipped workshop

[joebloggs]

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 ?

[SimonH]

have you been in a workshop at a Hospital ?

Yes

[stevewool]

Because 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

i can name that and we run 3 workshops fully fitted in different parts of the country to support our vehicles

[SimonH]

Ooops looks like I got in with my quote before you could edit out that last bit, sorry

[les_taxi]

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 out

Bang on Simon

[joebloggs]

Bang on Simon

completely wrong thou, they service around 1000 vehicles in my area not 10

[SimonH]

completely wrong thou, they service around 1000 vehicles in my area not 10

Great post the link up so we can all see