Our correspondent Melissa Harvard looks outside the box to provide a radical solution for healthcare.
Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting will soon set out further reforms to reduce NHS costs and improve productivity.
Failing to meet its 2% productivity target could cost the NHS £13bn, a think-tank has warned.
ONS analysis has revealed healthcare productivity is 18.5% below its pre-pandemic peak in 2019.
Restoring NHS productivity to pre-pandemic levels could unlock billions of pounds in funding, the IPPR has said.
NHS hospital productivity in England has begun to improve, according to new analysis by The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
Hybrid working – allocated to offices in Coventry or York£29,314 - £34,997 per annum
Sandwell, West MidlandsBand G SCP 32-37 (£41,511 - £46,731 per annum)
Hybrid working – allocated to offices in Coventry or York£29,314 - £34,997 per annum
Sandwell, West MidlandsBand G SCP 32-37 (£41,511 - £46,731 per annum)