Fury as Labour splash £250,000 of taxpayer cash to hear people’s views on the NHS

THE Government is spending £250,000 of payer currency to perceive people’s views connected the NHS.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting past week began a roadshow crossed Britain successful his bid to person a “national conversation”.

Members of the nationalist are offered £175 bungs to attend, and person question expenses and lunch.

An interior section estimation says the 14­ league programme volition outgo astir £250,000.

And a civilian work memo suggests not sharing the last fig widely.

Shadow Health Secretary Ed Argar said: “This colossal discarded of wealth volition not fell that Labour has nary program for the NHS.”

The Department of Health said: “We request to talk to radical crossed the country.

“People attending these events are giving up a full time to execute a nationalist service.”

Last week, a Sun connected Sunday investigation revealed the NHS is inactive spending millions of pounds connected politically correct, non-frontline services contempt Labour’s pledge to betterment our ailing wellness service.

We identified costly projects successful spot crossed the UK since Labour came to power, including successful hospitals the Care Quality Commission said request to improve.

It comes contempt a antecedently announced clampdown connected specified spending.

Streeting revealed past week that, successful the archetypal 3 months of this fiscal year, NHS trusts had racked up fund deficits of £2billion.

Since the General Election in July, determination person been a fig of jobs advertised crossed the state for radical and diverseness roles.

Yet critics reason patients would alternatively see frontline staff employed.