'Too little too late' - What Greater Manchester medics think of Sajid Javid's plan to tackle NHS backlog in wake of pandemic
manchestereveningnews.co.uk‘Too little too late’. That's the verdict from Greater Manchester’s medics on the health secretary’s plan to deal with the Covid-19 NHS backlog.
Sajid Javid aired his proposals to get the NHS back on track in the wake of the pandemic in the House of Commons on Tuesday, February 8.
The blueprint, co-authored by the NHS, set out ambitious deadlines to tackle waiting lists for elective surgeries, which have grown by millions of patients over the last two years; and suggested a vision for the future amid continued calls from within the NHS to build back axed resources, including reductions in both beds and staffing.
Now, reaction from the region’s medics is rolling in, with a number of doctors voicing concerns that the recovery plan does not go far enough.
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