GPs being paid to cut patient referrals

[annie]

Some doctors in England are being offered thousands of pounds to cut the number of patients being sent to hospital, an investigation has found.

GP practices are being paid to help local NHS groups limit the number of patient referrals and cut costs, the doctors' magazine Pulse found.

Appointments affected include scans and consultations with specialists - including those for cancer patients.

The British Medical Association said such incentives were "misguided".

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[maureenho]

Killing us off quicker.

[wendy]

best to keep out of those places.