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Map: See where referrals have been forced down

14 September 2011

Use the map to see where referral management centres and controversial PCT caps have prompted falls in GP referrals.

A series of privately run referral management centres and controversial PCT caps have prompted falls in GP referrals of as much as a third in just one year, a Pulse investigation reveals.

Use the map to see where PCTs have forced down referrals.


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