Managers cool over Dobson's plan for bed closures inquiry

By PATRICK BUTLER1998-10-08T00:00:00

Decades of planning based on the assumption that the NHS has too many beds have been challenged by health secretary Frank Dobson's decision to launch an inquiry into whether bed closures have 'gone too far'.

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