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The NHS 'is appallingly managed'

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The Department of Health (DoH) says it has rejected advice from management consultants to cut the NHS workforce in England by 10% over the next five years.

Businessman Sir Gerry Robinson, who presented a series called Can Gerry Robinson Fix The NHS?, discusses why, according to the DoH, many services need more staff not less.

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