The National Health
How effective is the money we spend on health? How many operations and treatments are useful and how many are a waste of time? Nobody knows for sure, but efforts to find out are now underway.
In the second of two special reports, Michael Robinson asks if this information will lead to a better, more efficient health service or a different way of deciding who gets treatment and who does not.
Producer VICKY WHITFIELD Editor BRIAN WALKER BBC Manchester