Dossier
staffing failures
Coverage of staffing failures in the Nexus archive.
- NHS spends record £241m outsourcing scan analysis to private firms
The NHS is spending a record £241 million outsourcing CT and MRI scan analysis to private firms due to staffing shortages and hospital capacity issues. Radiologists criticize the 'ballooning' costs as a result of systemic failures to train enough doctors, leading to reliance on lower-quality private reports.