[Wynonie Harris]

Let's face it, this sort of money-wasting is typical of today's NHS. In another thread, the cuts in birth centres are highlighted, yet there have been huge increases in NHS spending (financed by our taxes). So, where has all the money gone?...much of it has been wasted on ruinous schemes like the NHS National Programme for IT - the world's biggest civillian IT project. Its original budget was £2.3 billion, yet by the government's own estimates, it is now projected to cost a mind-boggling £20-£30 billion...money which would have been better spent on more hospitals and extra staff.