Talking about NHS trust deficits during a television interview recently, health secretary Patricia Hewitt said the problem was that hospitals had been spending more money than they could afford. Unfortunately, the obvious follow-up question did not come: had these managers been spending more money than was necessary to meet the health needs of their local populations?
Nursing Standard. 20, 47, 1-1. doi: 10.7748/ns.20.47.1.s1
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