A growing demand with fewer resources: A conundrum for UK diagnostics provision
The Covid pandemic may have receded for many but, for those working in healthcare, ongoing significant and growing demand for diagnostic services suggests we are now in a ‘new normal’. We question here whether the workload predictions in the years prior to 2020 continue to hold and, if so, from when might we reasonably check…
Diagnostic transformation in the NHS
NHS leaders have for several years highlighted significant variation in the provision of NHS diagnostic services. Lord Carter’s reviews into NHS pathology and acute productivity noted considerable variation in the cost and productivity of NHS pathology and diagnostic radiology services. From some perspectives this is perhaps unsurprising as both scientific disciplines have evolved dramatically over…