Posted on Tuesday 8 July 2008
Nigel Edwards, director of policy at the NHS Confederation which represents over 90 per cent of NHS organisations, said:
“Reducing waiting times for diagnostic tests is clearly extremely important for patients and their clinicians. The Healthcare Commission’s report demonstrates a significant achievement in reducing the length of waits for such tests.
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“But NHS trusts will want to ensure that waiting for procedures such as x-rays is not simply transferred into waiting for the actual results. Trusts will therefore be paying close attention to the Commission’s recommendations to improve the reporting of results. This will be particularly important for the NHS with the introduction of new providers in diagnostic testing.”
The NHS Confederation represents more than 90% of the organisations that make up the NHS. Its members include the majority of NHS acute trusts, ambulance trusts, foundation trusts, mental health trusts, primary care trusts, special health authorities and strategic health authorities in England; trusts and local health boards in Wales; and health and social service trusts and boards in Northern Ireland.
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