Summary
SOARING costs have gripped the NHS in Scotland, forcing up the average price of operations and eating away at the millions of pounds of additional public money being poured into the system in a bid to cut waiting times.
A study by The Scotsman has found that the price of day-case operations has risen by 46 per cent over four years alone, an increase out of kilter with anything in the British economy apart from house prices.See the full content of this document
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Rising Costs Eating Up Nhs Billions
During the first four years of a spending bonanza undertaken by the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, funding for NHS Scotland has risen by 30 per cent.
But this generous rise - given to health boards in an effort to treat more patien...See the full content of this document
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