THE NHS is under fire after a review found it is treating fewer patients per medic than before the pandemic despite more funding and staff.
Lord Darzi’s report said England overall had seven fewer appointments per consultant per day in 2023/24 than in 2019/20, and 12 per cent fewer operations per surgeon.
Hospital productivity fell by more than a third in the worst performing NHS trusts, stats show.
Analysis by NHS England, leaked to the Health Service Journal, estimated productivity was down by 39 per cent at Manchester University Foundation Trust between 2019/20 and 2023/24.
Staffing levels were up by 23 per cent but medical activity fell by 24 per cent, it said.
Barts Health, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals, and North Middlesex University Hospital — …