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Health and social care leadership to be massively reformed to improve patient care

The comprehensive independent report – authored by General Sir Gordon Messenger and Dame Linda Pollard – has been welcomed by the Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid who has pledged to accept all seven of their recommendations. The report team met with thousands of NHS workers from across the country from a variety of different roles to understand how…
Natalie Creaney
June 10, 2022
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NHS faces 6,000 staffing shortage for community diagnostic centres

The Government’s plans to establish a minimum of 100 community diagnostic centres (CDCs) across the country face major difficulties as medical leaders have warned that they lack the 6,000 staff necessary to run them. Health Minister Edward Argar has previously confirmed that CDCs will require an extra 3,500 radiographers, 2,000 radiologists and 500 senior nurses in order to operate. This…
Ben Kemp
February 25, 2022