BRITISH Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once said: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
How right he was; statistics can be twisted to say almost anything you want.
Take the West Moreton Health 2015-16 budget blowout of $8 million for instance.
At first look it seems that local Health CE Sue McKee failed badly in keeping a tight rein on her budget.
Instead she should be highly praised because despite a 21% increase in the call for extra services she kept the overspend to less than 2%.
Ms McKee’s budget planning dilemma is that she can only take an educated guess at how many more services she will need to provide in the year ahead. For the full article click here
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