Take the deficit out of salaries

Like many organisations lately, the Princess Royal Hospital, although staffed by efficient professionals, seems to be suffering from incompetent management.

Now they have brought in some whizkids from Price Waterhouse Cooper to solve the financial problems left over from a previous finance controller who could not do his job and was sacked.

What wonderful suggestions do we have now? Charge the staff for coming to work and pretend it has something to do with the environment. Take it out on the Hospital Friends, who provide an essential service at the coffee shop, by charging them rent for doing so.

Who are these wonderkids? Are they on work experience? Here's a suggestion. The problem was caused by bad management, so let's stop the deficit out of management's pay.

George Evans, Wellington