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When people are waiting 2 hours (often in the street) after ringing 999 for an emergency ambulance; when hospital wards are consistently running short of staff (with all the stress and patient safety issues that creates) and when we are constantly being told the NHS can longer afford this ,that or the other then frankly to be told something like this is highly offensive. If this money were really to be reinvested into front line services then perhaps it would be acceptable. But is it? Really? No probably not...it will probably go back into the general 'deficit' pot. No one would argue that services should be cost effective and provide the best value for money, but this is scandalous.