GPs are to be paid cash bonuses in return for not sending patients to hospital, raising concerns that financial gain will be put before patients’ needs.
Doctors’ practices stand to earn thousands of pounds extra under the initiative, already said to have been adopted by health authorities across the country.
In a variety of schemes, which differ from region to region, GPs are said to have been offered unprecedented cash incentives for deciding not to refer a patient for specialist treatment. Surgeries are given a target of how many patients they should refer to hospital each year and will receive a windfall payment if they meet the quota.
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