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What I would like to know is, why was Dr Foster singles out of all the other consultancy firms for such a big deal in the first place. This certainly didn't appear to go to tender. I don't know the real reason for why or how Dr Foster got this huge contract (although I'm sure if you polled 100 people most people would come to similar assumptions), but it certainly does not seem to have benefited the public in any demonstrable way. I think the current Government might have more credibility if it thought about the implications of some of it's decisions, and how these might be perceived by the general public and the people who work so hard in statutory organisations to not only provide a high quality of care for it's users, but are also expected to meet demanding performance and management targets. It seems that it's the Government and higher people in places such as the Information Centre that need their management and decision making skills assessed.