There may well be a number of areas where costs can be cut in the NHS  but it doesn't follow from that, that there isn't a money shortage within the NHS.

We spend less per capita on our health service than many other western countries yet are still, (at least I am), proud of our National Health Service - this being the case they must be getting far more right than they are wrong.

Having been admitted into hospital on three occasions recently via A&E I have seen the pressure the staff have been under both in A&E and on the wards and operating theatres and have also seen how some people react when it is politely suggested that they should go to their GP or local NHS drop in centre.

It is not management that are responsible for there being insufficient beds, nurses, doctors, equipment and so on - I've seen first hand beds tied up by patients who no longer need to be in hospital but have nowhere suitable to be discharged to, yet still take up nursing and ancilliary staff time - reducing management won't solve this problem, (could well make it worse), money is the only solution.

It all really boils down to where we get the money from, savings on current services, reducing the services offered or more tax income.  The one that takes the most time and potentially has the lowest returns is cost cutting, tax is the only one offering immediate returns.