NHS: Management Consultants

Debate between Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville and Lord Kinnock

Monday 13th February 2012 Lords Chamber

[Lord Kinnock]

My Lords—

[Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville]

My Lords, is my noble friend aware of the age-old aphorism among management consultants, of whom I was once one, although not at McKinsey, that 10 per cent of the work is diagnosis and 90 per cent is persuading the client to accept the advice?