The Confederation of British Industry has challenged the government to green light more independent sector treatment centres.
It said that although the centres had been a success in terms of increasing patient satisfaction, reducing waiting times and reducing costs, they had been underused and backing from government seemed in doubt.
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A number of teaching trusts are “not putting enough priority” on tackling poor emergency waiting times performance, a major review due later this year will indicate.
The NHS must rethink the district general hospital model to counter the risk of the health service deserting the “at-risk communities” many serve, Simon Stevens has warned.
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