0 the act of doing a difficult or long search through many books, documents, etc.:
The long paperchase through the statistical sources leads to two sets of conclusions.
1 a process that creates too many paper documents, forms, etc.:
The eternal paperchase, form-filling and waiting in corridors is one of the major problems.
They have already diverted colossal resources into more managers, more clerks and more computers to run the marathon paperchase that it demands.
Surely it would be a simple operation to short-circuit the paperchase and to provide the funds direct.
We do, however, intend to cut down the current paperchase and release resources currently wasted on bureaucracy for patient care.
It can only help bureaucrats and produce paperchases; it will do nothing to help local government, hospitals or the patients themselves.
Is there no way in which this paperchase can be stopped?
The arrangements will streamline the system, tackle the paperchase and cut the flow of invoices.
We are already taking action on bureaucracy, fair waiting and ending the endless paperchase.
