Exclusive: Survey finds doctors 'rationing care' as cash crisis hits NHS More than two thirds of doctors admit they have been left with no choice but to ration care as the NHS cash crisis intensifies.
Services and treatments including mental health care for children, hip and knee replacements and cancer drugs are being restricted in order to save money.
A survey of 1,000 doctors conducted exclusively for ITV News reveals patients are being denied treatments including varicose vein removal and cataract surgery, and forced to pay for care privately or wait for their condition to worsen.
Some patients ended up in A&E because they were refused treatment, the research concluded. ITV News
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