Quote Originally Posted by Nobody's Rep View Post
Works the other way as well unfortunately in late cancellations of operations due to lack of staff

Just had to go private for back surgery due to waiting lists in the NHS and the anaesthetist was saying he was in theatre the day before and of the 5 scheduled ops only three took place all day due to not enough anaesthetists available so 2 people had to be sent home first thing

This isn't a COVID impact as my wife about 6/7 years ago needed a foot operation and had it cancelled 7 times including once when she was in the gown waiting to go to theatre - they had lost staff as an immediate impact of Brexit at the time so a real wild variable

There are number of funding and systemic issues with the NHS that will take a long time to resolve if at all including self care of us as a population
I agree and if the got rid of the layers of non medical management that add nothing to the service there would be more money where it's needed. The old Medical Directors (Professors senior surgeons etc) and Matrons ran a far more efficient and patient facing organisation then .