Operating theatres burning through cash by sitting empty until a bed is available for patients, top surgeon warns

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OPERATING theatres are burning through cash by sitting empty until a bed is available for a patient, a top surgeon warns.

Lord Ara Darzi said staff “scrubbed ready” at 8am could still be waiting “until about midday” at the estimated £1,200-an-hour facilities.

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Operating theatres are burning through cash by sitting empty until a bed is available for a patient, Lord Darzi has warnedCredit: Getty

The peer told the Commons Health Select Committee: “It’s expensive, it has about six or…

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