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13/03/2013
NHS Spend £13m In Three Years On PR
£13m, enough money to recruit 600 nurses, has been spent by the NHS in London on PR, according to the BBC.
According to a BBC London investigation, some £9.7m went on press officers' salaries at hospitals and primary care trusts (PCTs), while private PR companies were paid a further £3m.
Freedom of Information requests sent by the BBC to all 33 London hospitals, the capital's primary care trusts and NHS London.
The investigation found 82 press officers on the public payroll, with an average salary of £37,278.
Some critics of the findings have called for "medical doctors not spin doctors", pointing to longer waiting times and cancelled operations.
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According to a BBC London investigation, some £9.7m went on press officers' salaries at hospitals and primary care trusts (PCTs), while private PR companies were paid a further £3m.
Freedom of Information requests sent by the BBC to all 33 London hospitals, the capital's primary care trusts and NHS London.
The investigation found 82 press officers on the public payroll, with an average salary of £37,278.
Some critics of the findings have called for "medical doctors not spin doctors", pointing to longer waiting times and cancelled operations.
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