"We're drawing up a recovery plan and that will go to Monitor, " said Mr Mellor.

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But it was only in 2006 that work began on drawing up a comprehensive plan for health-care reform.

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She says she's in the process of selling her water business and drawing up a business plan for Checkerboard.

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Six government-appointed action committees are drawing up a national plan for reforming the NHS, due to be published in July.

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The World Trade Organisation has been drawing up a draft plan to let developing countries override patent laws and import cheap generic drugs.

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So drawing up a detailed plan about how exactly we are going to get to where we want to be three years from now is a waste of effort.

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Australia, which ministers visited when drawing up the British plan, also faced a less dire economic outlook when it began serious reforms in 2004.

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But a lot of consultants' time has gone into drawing up this plan, which will in effect, push money and effort less where its wanted and more where its needed.

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