£20 billion of savings in the NHS might not be enough

New Home Secretary Andrew Lansley last week hinted that the NHS may have to make more savings than have been planned for and that an efficiency drive is ‘necessary’.  In an Radio 4 interview,  he said the health service and may have to improve productivity beyond the £20billion figure being planned for.

The NHS had been working on the expectation that it should make £20bn of efficiency savings by 2014. But Mr Lansley said: “That implied something like three to three-and-a-half percent, probably about three percent efficiency savings each year in the NHS.

“Of course we may need to do that. And we may need to do more because we have increases in demand in the NHS and a need to improve the outcomes.”

The new health secretary said this would help the NHS keep pace with rising demands from the ageing population.

Good Luck to Liz!

On behalf of the Perfect Circle team, it’s been a pleasure to work with Liz.  She’s had a great graduate placement and excelled in her role with Perfect Circle.  We’re sorry to see her leave, but the great news is she’s secured a full time job working in an online marketing role with Huddersfield University- WELL DONE LIZ!  So from all the team at Perfect Circle we wish Liz the very best as she starts what will no doubt be a very successful career!

Oliver Morton - Director

My last week at Perfect Circle on the Marketing Internship

Oliver and I have been to visit one of our potential clients for a meeting with regards to a job we pitched for a couple of weeks ago. I’ve gained a useful insight into the pitching process and feel that I’ve secured some practical experience in this part of business, with the help of Perfect Circle. The team have all been extremely supportive over the last 11 weeks and it’s been a pleasure working with the company.