Conference and after thoughts

I fear that may have been a tad too sceptical in my thoughts about today's conference.

A personal highlight was when several of the communications staff attending laughed when one of the speakers referred to the governments 'listening' exercise for the proposed changes to the NHS. One said to me, "Lansley spent seven years making up these proposals. Do you really think three weeks of listening will chang a damn thing?"

I think that summed up most peoples perception of what is currently happening. I did find it oddly reassuring to see the examples of best practice used during some of the presentations because in the passed I have done similar and exceeded the results that they achieved.

I only really spoke to one other person, a young woman who had just started at a trust after moving down last week from the North. It wasn't a case of either of us being anti-social but many only chose to network with those on the same level or above and we're pretty much as low as you can go and still attend these things. There were four people there who had interviewed me in the past and not given me a job. They all ignored me and looked the other way as I walked past! Kids eh!

All in all it was a productive experience if only to reassure me that I am on a par with those around me.
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