3rd February 2025
Guess how many NHS England employs …
On a full-time equivalent basis the answer is 1.3 million. There is a clear power shift from NHSE to the Department of Health and Social Care as identified here in this HSJ article.
Shameful waste of NHS funding
Imagine there was no such activity as commissioning and trusts simply set up services according to need.
Physician assistants hired despite concerns
A recruitment plan has been launched despite the controversy about the quality of care that PAs provide.
PAs ‘have no role in the NHS’
The chair of the Royal College GPs, Professor Kamila Hawthorne, said in a letter that expressed concern over patient safety. This position was reached after GPs reported ‘specific’ examples of patient safety being compromised.