Colonel Tom Archived Message Posted by Mary on April 30, 2020, 4:57 pm He's had 140,000 birthday cards and a letter from Her Maj. What more could he want? As for the £30 million that has been donated to his fund 'for the NHS' whatever that means, the budget for his local hospital trust is £180 million so unfortunately the £30 million won't go very far. '30 May 2019 - We have an annual budget operating income of over £180 million. We provide services from our main hospital site, Airedale Hospital, and from ... http://www.airedale-trust.nhs.uk/AnnualReport18-19.pdf The general public have not a clue of what it costs to run a district general hospital and to provide aftercare. Message Thread: Colonel Tom - Mary April 30, 2020, 4:57 pm Re: Colonel Tom - Keith-264 April 30, 2020, 5:11 pm Re: Colonel Tom - Mary April 30, 2020, 9:28 pm The money raised is for NHS charities not to fund the NHS directly - SueC April 30, 2020, 10:06 pm Re: The money raised is for NHS charities not to fund the NHS directly - Mary April 30, 2020, 10:18 pm Re: The money raised is for NHS charities not to fund the NHS directly - Mary April 30, 2020, 10:39 pm The tories privatised what was left after the Bliar thievings - Keith-264 May 1, 2020, 1:01 am C'mon Sue, he's just being used to con the public. Like the goddamn handclap & minute's silence. - Der May 1, 2020, 8:04 am Plenty of part-cynical responses to the legging Tom story here, none of them unkind I thought nm - walter May 1, 2020, 10:21 am   Searching