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NHS referendum would cost Cornwall £600,000

Graham Smith | 06:21 UK time, Friday, 18 March 2011

My thanks to Cornwall Council for answering my question about how much it would cost to organise a county-wide referendum about the proposed changes to the National Health Service, as implied in a resolution to be debated on 29th March: £600,000.

The council says there might be cheaper ways of getting the public's views, such as local polls, a survey or questionnaire - but a full-blown referendum would cost more than half a million pounds.

Hmmm. For amusement and mischief-value alone, it might just be worth it. In the context of the overall NHS budget, which is more than £100 billion, this is just loose change.

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