The Great Red Tape Rip-Off; They're Planning to Axe World-Beating Hospital Services, Slash 1000 Posts, Cut a&E Units - and All the Time Glasgow Health Chiefs Spend (Pounds) 22m Extra On 'Pen-Pushers and Paper Clips'

Evening Times › May 27, 2004

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CITY health chiefs, who are desperate to save (pounds) 58million by axing hospitals and staff, have spent an extra (pounds) 22m on "pen-pushers and paper clips".

And today NHS Greater Glasgow was slammed over its budget for administration, with calls for a full investigation into how the cash was spent.

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The Great Red Tape Rip-Off; They're Planning to Axe World-Beating Hospital Services, Slash 1000 Posts, Cut a&E Units - and All the Time Glasgow Health Chiefs Spend (Pounds) 22m Extra On 'Pen-Pushers and Paper Clips'

The row erupted after it was revealed the city's spending on management and administration had soared by (pounds) 22m since devolution.

The cost in 1999 was just over (pounds) 60m, but las...

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