How can unnecessary outpatient appointments be reduced?

Outpatient hospital appointments have nearly doubled since 2007/08 to 120 million a year, with the proportion of unattended appointments now standing at 22%. Rebecca Richards, Insight& Analysis Officer and Sarah Reed, Improvement Fellow at the Health Foundation asks what can be done? Related items fromOnMedica The other side of the desk Seriously ill waiting over an hour for ambulances Missed GP appointments cost £200m per year ‘Patent to patient’ time is too long and rising for cancer meds Allow PCNs to drive local agenda without being stifled by objectives
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