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Lib Dems expose confusion over Health Board election funding
November 5, 2008 11:54 AM
Originally published by Scottish Liberal Democrats
Originally published by Scottish Liberal Democrats
div class=field field-type-text field-field-body div class=field-items div class=field-itempLiberal Democrat Finance spokesperson Jeremy Purvis questioned health officials about funding for direct elections to Health Boards at a meeting of the Finance Committee today./p pspan class=inline inline-leftimg src=http://www.scotlibdems.org.uk/files/images/Jeremy-Purvis.thumbnail.jpg alt= title= class=image image-thumbnail width=80 height=100 //spanCommenting after the meeting, Mr Purvis said:/p p"Officials have failed to allay the fears of Health Boards that the £16.6 million cost of a roll-out of elections to Health Boards will be diverted from frontline services. /p p"The Scottish Government has failed totally to provide clarity on how their proposals will be funded. Health Boards remain concerned that the costs will have to be diverted from local front-line services./p p"This is yet another reason why we believe that there are better ways to improve Health Boards' local accountability."/p div class=image-clear/div/div /div /div
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