THE NHS is referring patients to “anyone with a scanner” as a registration loophole has given rise to a black market of migrant workers on “insidious” contracts that prevent whistle-blowing, the TUC Congress heard today.Delegates in Brighton heard that the issue is most acute in sonography and ultrasound, with a third of England’s waiting lists now involving non-obstetric ultrasound.

THE NHS is referring patients to “anyone with a scanner” as a registration loophole has given rise to a black market of migrant workers on “insidious” contracts that prevent whistle-blowing, the TUC Congress heard today.

Delegates in Brighton heard that the issue is most acute in sonography and ultrasound, with a third of England’s waiting lists now involving non-obstetric ultrasound.

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