Streeting’s 10-Year NHS Plan Survey Costs £3.3 Million – Guido Fawkes

Streeting’s 10-Year NHS Plan Survey Costs £3.3 Million

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Back in July, Wes Streeting launched the ‘NHS 10-Year Plan’, rolling out fat-jabs, a new NHS App and soviet-style public ‘restaurants’. Gathering views from the public on this new plan cost the taxpayer an eye-watering amount… 

According to a written parliamentary answer, the cost of a consultation to “engage with the public, NHS staff and leadership and stakeholders to inform” the NHS plan was £3,336,483. That went over the original budget of £2.9 million. For that you could:

• Hire 119 new nurses.
• Buy 2,780 NHS hospital beds.
• Treat 1,495 heart failures.

The taxpayer may have a view on which should be prioritised. UK DOGE recommends costs are cut here…