17 January 2007

NHS In Crisis

In my short career as a Councillor I have never had such a depressing meeting as the one I went to yesterday - the Health Scrutiny Committee at the County Council. Everywhere you turn at the moment there are NHS Trusts overspending and cutting services to save money. Yet, despite all the money spent on bureaucracy nobody seems to be able to predict how much overspends will be; the figures just grow.

I don't blame anyone locally to me, the fact that this situation exists across the County means that it has to be down to New Labour. Rather than admit they've messed it up I have no doubt that Patricia Hewitt will stand up and tell us how much money they've thrown at the problem. Using taxpayers monney to pay for bureaucrats doesn't solve problems.

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