[Margaret Pilkington]

Well, it didn't use to be like that.
I used to see reps, I used to go out to companies to see their products and I was involved in brokering deals.....I would bring samples back to the Group and we would determine which was best value.
This was because at the time our unit had a budget and I tried my best to stay in the budget.
We didn't use agency staff either, we had a bank of our own nurses who knew the ward and the patients..this was by far the most effective use of resources.