Cameron vows to cut NHS costs 'by a third'

Leader of the opposition David Cameron vowed yesterday (November 2nd) to cut the running cost of the NHS by a third.

Mr Cameron said that the £1.5 billion saved by cutting bureaucracy would be invested elsewhere in the NHS.

Management of the NHS is set to get a shake up as well if the Conservatives get into power, with Mr Cameron saying yesterday that he would hand the day-to-day management of the health service over to an independent body.

However, experts have said that the plans to create an arms-length management of the NHS lacked detail and could lead to the creation of an unaccountable quango.

Mr Cameron vowed to deliver real-terms growth in health spending every year, and added that the £4.5 billion annual bill for administering the health service was astonishing.

He said that his plans "do not mean we are simply going to pour money in as Labour have done".