Centre spends 2,500 hours a day approving requests, admits DHSC chief

By Mimi Launder2026-01-22T06:04:00

Around 2,500 hours of staff time are spent every day on “clearance processes” across the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England, it has been claimed.

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