Private doctors have been slammed for performing non-urgent operations while the NHS is under unthinkable pressure caused by soaring Covid cases.
Medics performing elective operations privately should be shamed out of it amid concerns they are once again taking the p and walking off with the money , London s top NHS medics believe.
All of London s acute hospital trusts have been told to think very carefully about whether it is appropriate to perform elective surgeries, when the same operations have been pushed back by the NHS.
A letter - signed by top medics and several of London s hospital trusts - calls for non-urgent surgeries to be pushed back for one month to allow case figures to drop.
By Lawrence Dunhill2021-01-10T12:16:00+00:00
“Profoundly uncomfortable” that non-urgent elective work continues in the private sector as NHS faces “unthinkable pressures”
Leaked letter tells trust bosses “not to support” staff who also work in the private sector and continue to work on non-urgent cases
One senior source says private hospitals need to be “shamed” into providing more help
NHS England and senior clinical leaders in London are ‘profoundly uncomfortable’ that some routine elective care is continuing in private hospitals, while the NHS faces ‘unthinkable’ pressures from coronavirus.
In a joint letter to all the medical directors of the capital’s acute hospital trusts, regional leaders ask them “not to support” their staff who are performing non-urgent work in the private sector for the next month.
Appointment of disgraced former Post Office executive at Welsh FA questioned by MP
The appointment of a former Post Office executive, who tried to mislead a judge, in the Football Association of Wales has been questioned by an MP
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The Football Association of Wales’ (FAW) appointment of a former Post Office executive, who tried to mislead a High Court judge in the Horizon IT scandal, has been questioned by a Welsh Labour MP.
According to a source, the full board of the FAW Council will discuss the appointment of Angela Van den Bogerd as head of people following a letter to its CEO from Jack Sargeant, MP for Alyn and Deeside.