Bed closures healthy sign for NHS, says Hewitt. - You couldn't make it up, could you?...(o:

Bed closures healthy sign for NHS, says Hewitt

Extract:

"Patricia Hewitt, the Health Secretary, was criticised yesterday for claiming bed closures were a sign of "success" as new figures showed NHS trusts will end the year more than £1 billion in the red.

The scale of the health service's financial crisis emerged as Miss Hewitt delivered a presentation to the Cabinet on NHS "reconfiguration" — plans which will lead to the closure of dozens of maternity units, casualty departments and community hospitals."



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