Beyond expansion: workforce absence, administration and the persistence of NHS elective backlogs
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
Published online on April 22, 2026
Abstract
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Ahead of Print.
Objective:To identify and quantify key factors driving the decline in efficiency of NHS elective care, focusing on medical workforce dynamics, resource allocation and systemic inefficiencies. We hypothesised that medical workforce sickness absence and ...
Objective:To identify and quantify key factors driving the decline in efficiency of NHS elective care, focusing on medical workforce dynamics, resource allocation and systemic inefficiencies. We hypothesised that medical workforce sickness absence and ...