NHS will need independent sector capacity to sustain elective surgery, MPs told

The president of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) today told MPs that it could take years for routine NHS surgery to return to normal and urged the government to maintain access to ‘Covid-light’ sites in the independent sector to help tackle rising NHS waiting lists. Professor Derek Alderson warned that in the short-term, the…

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