The Department of Health spent £715m on a deal for NHS hospital consultants which increased their pay by 27% but encouraged them to work less, a cross-party committee of MPs discloses today. The deal increased the average consultant's salary for NHS work in England from £86,746 in 2003 to £109,974 in 2005, the public accounts committee said.
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