PORN MOVIE: ONE HOSPITAL'S ROAD TO RUDE FINANCIAL HEALTH

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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepu ... n-hospital

Why shouldn't a hospital hire itself out to people who want to make porn films? It's got the beds…


As public sector managers look to find ever more creative ways of saving money, they would do well to study the enterprising thinking of NHS Kensington & Chelsea.

During a House of Commons speech yesterday Conservative MP Penny Mordaunt let slip that, prior to 2002, a hospital ward in the borough was hired out for the filming of a "big budget" pornographic movie.

The title of the film has yet to emerge, but it took place in a closed yet "fully-equipped" ward. It is also unclear whether the hospital was aware of the genre of film, or if it provided any technical support.

Mordaunt was speaking during a debate on improving transparency in government accounting:


"Although I cannot claim to have seen the final picture – as I understand it, these things are no longer claimable on parliamentary expenses – it was a big-budget affair and generated substantial income for the hospital. But apart from cheering up a few of the in-patients, it cannot be said to be contributing to the objectives of the primary care trust."

Rather than take credit for this innovative way of generating new income streams, NHS Kensington & Chelsea distanced itself from the matter: "We can confirm this incident occurred some time prior to 2002 under a predecessor organisation's management and prior to the formation of PCTs."

Do these unnamed money-making managers need to congratulated for taking the blue in blue-sky thinking quite literally?