Press/Media Officer for @keepnhspublic and @frontline_19 Occasional bylines on the NHS. Passionate about mental health support for HCPs. Views my own.
Feb 1, 2024 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
On Tues I wrote a popular post on here about how govt had let down the NHS spectacularly. There were A LOT of responses.
As NHS campaigners/supporters it's always helpful to understand the key/most common criticisms so we can properly respond, so (briefly) here we go 🧵
No1: There are too many [expensive] managers. Around 3% of the NHS are non-clinical managers, FAR less than any other org of 1.4m people. Not saying the system is perfect BUT a massive org without sufficient managers can actually be LESS efficient. See 👇 . lowdownnhs.info/nhs75/does-the…