GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Who benefits from outsourcing planned surgery: follow the funding

GUEST BLOG: Ian Powell – Who benefits from outsourcing planned surgery: follow the funding

I still remember metaphorically sitting at the knee of legendary union leader Bill Andersen while listening to him opine pearls of wisdom. The most important question, when assessing a particular proposal or initiative, was ‘who benefits?’ This was the opening paragraph of my column published in Newsroom on 13 June:    Who benefits? Follow the money. Levering off the expression ‘follow the money’ popularised by the film ‘All the President’s Men’…