NHS surgery recruitment funds "better spent on technology"
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The UK's Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has criticised government plans to recruit surgery teams from other EU countries for short periods, arguing that the money could be better spent on improving infrastructure. In a statement issued last week, the RCS welcomed the government's commitment to major investment in the NHS, but expressed concern at the "use of NHS funding to hire overseas manpower", saying it would prefer the funds to be "invested in the infrastructure and surgical resources required for sustained benefit to NHS patients".