Wednesday 15 July 2020

English hospitals in urgent need of more scanners and staff to deal with backlog

English hospitals in urgent need of more scanners and staff to deal with backlog Exclusive: more than half of NHS patients referred for imaging diagnostics are waiting six weeks or more.

Hospital trusts across England urgently need more equipment, staff and space to deal with a huge backlog of scans for cancer and other conditions, as more than 600,000 people await CT, MRI and other scans amid the coronavirus crisis. The Guardian

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