From John Rice.
This is still the age of austerity isn’t it?

If so why, when the British government want explanations and transparency over all administrators whose wages are in excess of £150,000 and chief executives of counties rarely exceed the £200,000 plus figure, is someone in Jersey awarding a figure in excess of more than that each year to the new General Hospital managing director?

I ask who because it’s plainly not the Minister of Health, who dutifully tells us that it represents good value for money, thus proving to anyone their limited grasp of the subject.

So who is it that writes taxpayers’ cheques like confetti? There is no question that those whose money it is should not know how it is being spent. No one wants anyone to get the wrong impression that this award might be just preceding top rank civil servants pay deals, would they?

I notice that the top Treasury officials and representatives, who raise our taxes, due to their dire need and assure us that overheads are being kept to the minimum, have little or nothing to say on the matter.