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Finlay Mackay
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On 2007-09-05, Peter Clinch <[email protected]> wrote:
> Andrew wrote:
>
>> I work for a certain Scottish Healthboard, its not on my job description as
>> an area to focus on but as nobody else was going to and being a cyclist I
>> put together a detailed proposal for the healthbaord of 5500 employees to
>> support a bike to work scheme - the paper was heard at the august meeting
>> and rejected on grounds of health and safety concerns and financial
>> governance.
>> Now, I'm very busy in my proper job and did this as an aside but feel this
>> view is drivel. I was not at the meeting due to other commitments and as yet
>> have not been able to get the text of the discussion. Does anyone have to
>> hand any quotable facts that I can refer to challenge this decision ?
>> welcome any thoughts (time is a serious issue so afraid I cant afford to
>> write up any long detailed papers as the basic rule for any briefing paper
>> is no more than 2/3 pages)
>
> Aside from anything else already mentioned, I would point out to the
> bampots responsible for the above that NHS Tayside has recently
> introduced the very same scheme
As has NHS Greater Glasgow, to provide further moral weight.
Currently trying to justify a Birdy for myself...
cheers,
Finlay
> Andrew wrote:
>
>> I work for a certain Scottish Healthboard, its not on my job description as
>> an area to focus on but as nobody else was going to and being a cyclist I
>> put together a detailed proposal for the healthbaord of 5500 employees to
>> support a bike to work scheme - the paper was heard at the august meeting
>> and rejected on grounds of health and safety concerns and financial
>> governance.
>> Now, I'm very busy in my proper job and did this as an aside but feel this
>> view is drivel. I was not at the meeting due to other commitments and as yet
>> have not been able to get the text of the discussion. Does anyone have to
>> hand any quotable facts that I can refer to challenge this decision ?
>> welcome any thoughts (time is a serious issue so afraid I cant afford to
>> write up any long detailed papers as the basic rule for any briefing paper
>> is no more than 2/3 pages)
>
> Aside from anything else already mentioned, I would point out to the
> bampots responsible for the above that NHS Tayside has recently
> introduced the very same scheme
As has NHS Greater Glasgow, to provide further moral weight.
Currently trying to justify a Birdy for myself...
cheers,
Finlay