Hospital smoking wardens branded waste of money (UK's NHS Spending the Taxpayers Money)

The UK Daily Mirror ^ | 2/14/09 | ??

[Reaganesque]

Anti-smoking wardens at a hospital have been branded a waste of money.

Two were hired to patrol the grounds at the NHS unit, politely asking smokers to stub out their cigarettes.

But the wardens, earning up to £15,000 a year, have no powers to make anyone stop smoking or force anyone off the premises at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, Wilts.

TaxPayers' Alliance campaign manager Susie Squire said: "This is a ludicrous misallocation of precious public money. Smoking's already banned and these staff have no executive power. It's hard to see how they are useful."

But the hospital said: "The officers have really made a difference."

[Reaganesque]

The UK's NHS. National Health Service. Nationalized healthcare. Smoking wardens. Thirty thousand dollars a year to patrol the hospital enforcing smoking bans. And Obama admires this.

[GOP_Lady]

Nothing like any government wasting money, huh?

Nice to see you again, Reaganesque. I hope all is well.

[NonValueAdded]

$43,266.01 to be precise