Is this the most sickening thing you ever heard.

NHS chiefs in Dorset hired a ‘troubleshooter’ on £2,557 a day to make budget cuts. No, that isn’t a joke. Derek Smith- such a charismatic name, don’t you think- also claimed £19,539 for travel, food and ’subsistence’ in the last financial year. Maybe Mr Smith should try subsisting on the income of a nurse or ward clerk.

Trust chairman Jeffrey Ellwood said he did not believe the payment was excessive and insisted Mr Smith contributed to a viable recovery plan.

Oh, that’s all right then.

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