Fewer bosses, more doctors

The NHS is desperate for more doctors, and there’s an urgent shortage of nurses. Yet what does it get more of? Managers.

Latest statistics show the number of managers in the NHS has soared, with senior management increasing by 13 per cent in less than three years. This is shameful.

Part of my prescription to save the NHS would be to axe at least one entire echelon of management, as so many contribute absolutely nothing to patients.

A few years ago, one of the senior managers I worked with went on long-term sick leave. No one had told me, and it was nearly six months before I realised she wasn’t working. I’m sorry, but to me that says it all about what managers contribute to the overall running of the NHS.