Health secretary Sajid Javid is planning to set up academy style hospitals to tackle post-pandemic waiting lists - as a new study suggests box-ticking NHS managers have too little discretion compared with their counterparts in the private sector. The plans, still in their early stages, are due to be set out by Mr Javid in a white paper. Researchers say this is likely to be because NHS managers spend more time on bureaucratic box-ticking than on trying to boost staff performance. Health Secretary Sajid Javid with NHS staff at the King's College hospital in London earlier this month. Chris Hopson, chief of NHS Providers, which represents health trusts, had said managers with the most challenging roles should be offered similar rewards to those running school academies.

Source: The Times January 18, 2022 05:11 UTC