Popular Post Warbury Posted October 24, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 If an MRI scanner is to be bought should it not be the NHS that pays for it? Ghostrider, Suffererof1crankymofo and ll 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 if the health board had the money they would. they have had funding cuts for a number of years, they cant even fund there services they are in the red and its not likely to change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffererof1crankymofo Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 @paulb - The health board could actually try asking for funding from the Scot. Gov. for the MRI scanner which they haven't done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 they should. there seems to be a problem with shetland asking for stuff. a new hospital as well would be a good idea. Suffererof1crankymofo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted October 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Good point - It gets public assets out of the sticky mitts of the unelected, unaccountable numpties of SCT, and (theoretically) in to the hands of publically elected publically accountable people. Bad point - The (theoretically) publically elected publically accountable people have no power, their unelected, unaccountable 'Managers' do. So, new faces, new desks, but same old sh...... Bad Point - The unelected, unaccountable numpties of SCT get £17 odd Million more to hoard and then waste. Yup, same old depressiing game or re-arranging the deckchairs on the Titanic going down as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyboy Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 if the health board had the money they would. they have had funding cuts for a number of years, they cant even fund there services they are in the red and its not likely to change. That is odd as the last accounts show an underspend for at least the last 2 years and that the books will be balanced by the end of this financial year.https://www.shb.scot.nhs.uk/board/documents/AnnualAccounts2017.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 trust me they are skint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 An underspend can mean that they have spent wisely rather than well. George. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie P Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 SIC buying SLAP seems like a very sensible move to me and provides further clarity of the relationship between the SIC and SCTThe SIC use a lot of buildings so won't be paying so much rent thus making a revenue saving. As owners and occupiers, they'll be free from the restrictions inherent with renting someone else's building(s)Shetland Charitable Trust get a lump of capital to invest and free themselves from the responsibilities of being the landlords Nigel Bridgman-Elliot and mikeyboy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie P Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 This is an interesting article on the subject written by ex-council leader Gary Robinson https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2018/10/31/slap-deal-extremely-good-news/ mikeyboy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffererof1crankymofo Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 SIC buying SLAP seems like a very sensible move to me and provides further clarity of the relationship between the SIC and SCTThe SIC use a lot of buildings so won't be paying so much rent thus making a revenue saving. As owners and occupiers, they'll be free from the restrictions inherent with renting someone else's building(s)Shetland Charitable Trust get a lump of capital to invest and free themselves from the responsibilities of being the landlords Flawed argument. SIC now will have the responsibilities of maintaining more buildings. Besides, given the SCT's 'remit' aka the wording of the Trust Deed, I'm failing to see how it is beneficial to the Trust's recipients (us mere plebs) that selling it to 'us mere plebs' representatives (the SIC) is a good deal. We owned it, we still owned it, and now we're buying it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie P Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Yes, of course the SIC will have to resource the maintenance of the buildings. The previously owned by SLAP buildings will be subsumed into the SICs portfolio and maintenance program, and the SIC will no longer be paying an intermediary (i.e. SLAP) to do it for them. Basically, it's less of a money-go-round with more clarity and efficiencies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 As far as I recall all SLAP leases made repairs the responsibility of the tenant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie P Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Now then, that's interesting! So was the SLAP owned property already part of the SIC maintenance program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffererof1crankymofo Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 As far as I recall all SLAP leases made repairs the responsibility of the tenant.What, including the external building fabric, such as walls, roof, etc.? That's not the norm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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