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You and Yours: 06/04/2011

06/04/2011

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Patients as consumers, the NHS as a business. Is this the right way forward for the NHS?

Are politicians and managers adopting the wrong approach to the NHS? Could you be paying too much council tax? And advice on how to save money on your energy bill.

Winifred Robinson talks to author Michael Mandelstam about his new book which accuses politicians and managers of adopting a completely wrong-headed approach to the NHS. It claims that the elderly are the greatest casualties of a misguided determination to see patients as consumers and the NHS as a business, rather than a caring service.

Tries to find out how you can save money on your Council Tax bills - and asks will a new online service aimed at people in fuel poverty really help them get better deals from their energy providers.

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