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Cash incentives for GPs under Labour’s radical plan to cut NHS waiting lists
Doctors will be given £20 each time they consult with a specialist to see if there is an alternative to hospital visits GPs will be offered financial incentives to discuss with specialists whether patients can be treated outside hospital, under radical plans to cut NHS waiting lists. Doctors will be given £20 each time they…
Keir Starmer to announce radical NHS changes to cut waiting times
Exclusive: Patients in England to get direct referrals for tests without seeing consultant, but critics say plan is ‘deluded’ Keir Starmer will attempt to reset his premiership next week by setting out a series of radical NHS changes aimed at reducing waiting times for millions of patients in England. The shake-up comes after a torrid…