Those of us in the NHS are facing cuts already never mind in the future! our departmental budget this year has shrunk and our expected patient turnover has increased. Fine not a problem as long as we have the resources and staff to do this. The NHS could save millions if not billions by having a front line first type review and getting rid of the Management consultants and layers of management. In the same way the armed forces have had to go through over the last few years. I do wonder how much could be saved if the "Trusts" systems was abandoned and all the corperate identity stuff which must cost a fortune to design, print, create etc? How much cheaper if we had common uniforms and paperwork instead of the individual trust uniforms?
Realisticly and rationally to sort the Defecit of the country all govt depertments will feel some pain. Unfortunatley the Mod has been under this pressure for to long and the cuts will mean real loss of capability which is crazy.