TY - JOUR T1 - Into the Black JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 167 LP - 167 VL - 57 IS - 535 AU - Neville Goodman Y1 - 2007/02/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/57/535/167.2.abstract N2 - I'd already written 2007's first column when the good news came through. Not only will the NHS come within budget in 2007, but it will actually go into surplus. So the good news is that we won't have to put up with Patsy Hewitt much longer. Having promised to resign if the NHS doesn't balance its books, she's as good as gone.This isn't really the good news it pretends to be, because no one else will be any better, although they may be … ER -