CASH-STRAPPED health chiefs have come under fire after it emerged they spent more than £12.5M on taxis over the last four years.

The cabs were used for ferrying patients and staff around and also used for moving medical equipment and medical records.

Figures obtained through freedom of information laws revealed Scotland’s health boards spent £12,728,369.70 on taxis from 2011/12 to 2014/15.

Reported by the Daily Record. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.