The NHS's deficit doubled over the financial year 2005-2006, compared to the previous period. The government's opponents say too much money was spent on management consultants who were sent to financial trouble spots to balance the accounts…and failed. Newspaper editors are less critical, but say the government has to act fast. (Réf. 06589)
The health secretary Patricia Hewitt announced this week that the NHS’s overall deficit for the last financial year doubled compared to 2004-2005, to 512 million Pounds. But Mrs Hewitt rejected the idea of making severe financial cuts or sacking a large number of employees. The government is at the center of the controversy this year because a large part of this deficit is due to the cost of management consultants, which were sent by the government into troubled trusts.
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