Dobson's making beds - but should he 'lie' on them?

It is rare - perhaps unprecedented in recent years - to witness a government announcement about opening NHS beds, certainly in such numbers as health secretary Frank Dobson boasted last week. The government's pounds500m fund to tackle waiting lists would pay for an extra 2,000 beds in England, he claimed, ...

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