With the number of NHS patients awaiting treatment already at a staggering 7.47 million, the Government is turning to the private sector to cut record-level backlogs
“We probably expect, in all honesty, for it to peak in the next few months,” she told LBC’s Nick Ferrari. According to the Government, these newly proposed CDCs are anticipated to contribute to an additional 742,000 scans, tests and checks per year.
HELPING HAND: Thirteen new community diagnostic centres will be opened across England to carry out an additional 742,000 scans, checks and tests per year A number of other measures to use capacity in the private sector have been outlined by the Elective Recovery Taskforce, which was set up in December. These include using data from private health providers to identify where they could take on more NHS patients to help clear backlogs.They will also look at using the private sector to train junior NHS staff.
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