There’s a warning from local government that extra money being pumped into the NHS may not solve the winter pressures problem.Winter planning officers for local councils have voiced concerns over staff, resource and funding shortages.
There is a particularly acute shortage of care staff, particularly those in basic grade posts. 

There is evidence that the Ministry of Defence’s implementation of ’smart procurement’ has begun to mean more control of its costs, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).But its current major projects continue to drift on cost and on being delivered on time.
The NAO Major Projects Report 2000 covers 20 projects already begun before the introduction of new acquisition procedures. 

Coyne I, Bartram DHuman Resource Management Journal, (UK), 2000 Vol 10 No 3
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Surveys a random sample of 1,000 UK personnel managers about their perceptions of the level of dishonesty in their workplaces, the importance they place on honesty and integrity, and the measures taken to assess honesty in the selection process.