Health bosses used taxpayer-funded credit cards to pay for helicopter lessons, go-karting and five-star hotels. The cards were issued to senior staff in the health organisations as a convenient replacement for invoices. Staff spent tax-payer money at the five-star Intercontinental hotel in BeijingA spokesman claimed staff purchased only sandwiches and fruit at the bakery to serve as meeting ‘refreshments’. NHS England, responsible for day-to-day running of the health service, issues the cards to only a handful of staff. Officials at NHS Improvement and the Department of Health were understood to have been furious that he had used taxpayers’ money for the helicopter lessons.

Source: Daily Mail April 01, 2018 23:22 UTC