Patients could get cancer scans without GP referral, says Steve Barclay

Patients could get cancer scans without GP referral, says Steve Barclay Patients with cancer symptoms could bypass their GP in the future and go straight for a scan, the health secretary has suggested, in the latest “radical” attempt by the government to cut huge NHS waiting lists.

The suggestion, which comes as the government is expected to reduce the number of NHS cancer waiting time targets, could form part of proposals to “design out bottlenecks” in the NHS system, Steve Barclay said in an interview. The Guardian

See also:

• People displaying signs of cancer could go straight for a scan without having to see a GP, Health Secretary Steve Barclay says The Daily Mail
• Steve Barclay: patients could skip GP for cancer checks The Daily Telegraph
• Patients could skip their GP for cancer checks, says Barclay The Independent