Spending More Isn't What We Need, It's Spending What We Have Wisely ; After Last Week's Draft Budget, Liberal Democrat Health Spokeswoman Veronica German Suggests Alternative Sources of Savings in the Health Budget

Western Mail › November 22, 2010

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LAST week's draft budget was one of the most widely discussed and debated to date. After much speculation it appears the Labour-Plaid Assembly Government has protected funding on frontline health services.

But I think they've missed a golden opportunity to drive efficiencies in the NHS. So, with this in mind, I have some figures of my own to present: pounds 505m - Last year, the repairs backlog in NHS buildings of pounds 505m rose pounds 37m in just one year.

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Spending More Isn't What We Need, It's Spending What We Have Wisely ; After Last Week's Draft Budget, Liberal Democrat Health Spokeswoman Veronica German Suggests Alternative Sources of Savings in the Health Budget

We are putting patient and staff safety at risk on a daily basis when we do not reach fire and safety standards in many buildings.

We are now ...

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