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The people who remained would have to work harder. McKinsey calculated that 1.7 percent of a doctor’s time was lost to tea breaks and said £400 million in savings could be realized if weak medical providers “achieve standard performance.”
But slashing jobs wasn’t enough. McKinsey also called for the end of “low value added healthcare interventions.” Translation: cutting back on what McKinsey deemed unnecessary medical procedures. For example, reducing certain hysterectomies by 70 percent could yield £80.6 million in savings; another £118 million could be saved by cutting knee joint surgeries by 30 percent.
The people who remained would have to work harder. McKinsey calculated that 1.7 percent of a doctor’s time was lost to tea breaks and said £400 million in savings could be realized if weak medical providers “achieve standard performance.”
But slashing jobs wasn’t enough. McKinsey also called for the end of “low value added healthcare interventions.” Translation: cutting back on what McKinsey deemed unnecessary medical procedures. For example, reducing certain hysterectomies by 70 percent could yield £80.6 million in savings; another £118 million could be saved by cutting knee joint surgeries by 30 percent.