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Monday, 5 October 2015

Plans to reward GPs for cutting hospital admissions attacked as "preposterous and unethical"

Plans to reward GPs for cutting hospital admissions attacked as "preposterous and unethical" 'Incentive' system designed to produce savings on expensive scans and potentially surgical procedures. The Independent

See also:
  • RCGP statement on payment for non referral Royal College of General Practitioners
  • GPs being paid to cut patient referrals BBC News
  • GPs paid up to £6,000 to SLASH the numbers of patients sent to hospital for urgent cancer tests The Daily Mail
  • GPs should not be paid to reduce hospital referrals The Daily Telegraph
  • GP practices 'offered rewards' for not referring patients to hospitals The Guardian
  • ‘Ethically questionable’ incentives slammed by lead GPs OnMedica
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