The NHS has struggled to recruit as many consultant anaesthetists as the country needs prior to the Coronavirus crisis, a shortage which could make it harder to keep patients alive. Recently-released Scottish Government figures from December 2019 show the country was supposed to have 818 consultant anaesthetists, but only has 760. (The Ferret)
NHS struggled to recruit anaesthetists
The NHS has struggled to recruit as many consultant anaesthetists as the country needs prior to the Coronavirus crisis, a shortage which could make it harder to keep patients alive. Recently-released Scottish Government figures from December 2019 show the country was supposed to have 818 consultant anaesthetists, but only has 760. (The Ferret)