Hiring more pen-pushing NHS managers does NOT improve hospital performance, study finds

HIRING more pen-pushing NHS managers fails to improve hospital performance, a study shows. There are some 35,000 managers in the health service — and their value has long been a source of fierce debate. 2 Hiring more pen-pushing NHS managers fails to improve hospital performance, a study shows Now, researchers say the hospitals that have the most do not necessarily provide better care. The findings are from a London School of Economics study which looked at 129 major hospitals in England between 2012 and 2019. “It compared manager numbers with how well budgets were controlled and how quickly patients got… Read Full Article