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NHS spent £10,000 on survey asking: 'was Hitler cool?

An NHS health authority spent up to £10,000 of taxpayers' money on a staff survey asking questions including whether they thought Hitler was "cool".

The questionnaire also asked workers to compare the Nazi dictator to their own chief executive.

Workers were asked to rate the "coolness" of other leaders including Richard Branson, Gordon Brown, Winston Churchill and England manager Fabio Capello.

The survey, entitled 'Making Leadership Cool', was rubber-stamped by NHS West Midlands Strategic Health Authority.

The project was part of a £10,000 project at West Midlands Ambulance Service.

The survey was circulated to all 3,300 workers at West Midlands Ambulance Service at the end of last month.

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)