Let’s hope our cash strapped trusts don’t resort to some of the more desperate measures deployed in the past to raise a few quid.
Tory MP Penny Mordaunt revealed, during a debate in the House of Commons on transparent accounting, that when she was the director of Kensington and Chelsea Council one the local hospitals hired out a closed - but fully equipped ward - as a film set.
What type of film did they shoot? Well, let’s just say the ‘nurses’ were wearing latex uniforms, the ‘doctors’ had names like Butch and the cameraman focused on the many ‘invasive procedures’.
Mordaunt explained “Although I cannot claim to have seen the final picture - as I understand, these things are no longer claimable on parliamentary expenses - it was a big-budget affair and generated substantial income for the hospital.
“But apart from cheering up a few of the in-patients, it cannot be said to be contributing to the objectives of the primary care trust.”
Oh I don’t know, there are plenty of staff who are about to be shafted by their trusts…
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