NHS costs rise
The annual cost of administration in the NHS has risen above pounds 3bn, an increase in 15 years from 6 per cent of total spending to almost 11 per cent, according to David Blunkett, Labour's health spokesman. He said one in three beds had disappeared since 1979.
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