A&E and maternity wards could close if spending on agency doctors is not slashed Hospital departments such as Accident & Emergency departments and maternity could be forced to close if they do not slash spending on agency doctors, the head of the NHS has suggested.
Simon Stevens said the NHS needed to take drastic action to tackle “rip-off” spending on locus doctors.
The chief executive said any service spending rates of more than £150,000 a year per agency medic could face closure because it was “unsustainable” to keep such services open. The Daily Telegraph
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