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GPs made record number of urgent cancer referrals in November
GPs referred almost a quarter of a million patients for
Trust reports 40-day indicative waits for urgent breast cancer referrals
A London CCG has informed GPs of urgent cancer referral
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GPs to conduct FIT tests for every ‘urgent’ suspected lower GI cancer referral
GPs must conduct FIT tests for all ‘urgent’ referrals for
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GPs asked to limit pathology requests due to ‘significant’ Covid staff shortages
GPs have been asked to limit the samples they send
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GPs must not send patients to pharmacy without proper referral, says NHS England
GPs must not ‘informally’ send patients to community pharmacies while
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Hospitals need to keep GPs better informed of elective waits, says NHSE
Hospitals should keep GPs better informed of elective waits to
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NAO warns NHS against ‘overloading’ GPs in clearing elective backlog
The NHS needs to work out how GPs can help
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Advice and guidance to drive referrals crackdown
NHS England has set targets to reduce referrals, but GPs
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A&G pilot trust urges consultants to reduce GP workload dumping
A major London hospital trust has urged its consultants to
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Government to fund tool to cut ‘inappropriate’ GP radiology requests
A new referral tool will help GPs to reduce ‘inappropriate’
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Primary care ‘greatest cause of concern’, warn NHS leaders
Primary care is the ‘greatest area of concern’ in the
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LMCs to debate hospital consultants working in GP practices
GPs attending the BMA’s annual England LMCs conference this month
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GPs should be paid £12.50 per ‘advice and guidance’ episode, says LMC
Exclusive An LMC has called for GP practices to be
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Major London CCG sets target to cut GP referrals by 65% via ‘advice and guidance’
Exclusive A London CCG has set out an aim to
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