Record NHS spending on outsourcing scan analysis is ‘spiralling out of control’
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RECORD NHS spending on private firms to analyse diagnostic scans is “spiralling out of control” amid soaring demand and a lack of in-house capacity, research shows.NHS trusts and health boards gave £241 million to outsourced companies to interpret CT and MRI scans due to understaffed radiology departments last year.This was £25m — or 12 per cent — higher than the £216m outsourcing bill a year earlier, double the £120m spent in 2021 and triple the £81m in 2018.

RECORD NHS spending on private firms to analyse diagnostic scans is “spiralling out of control” amid soaring demand and a lack of in-house capacity, research shows.

NHS trusts and health boards gave £241 million to outsourced companies to interpret CT and MRI scans due to understaffed radiology departments last year.

This was £25m — or 12 per cent — higher than the £216m outsourcing bill a year earlier, double the £120m spent in 2021 and triple the £81m in 2018.

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