Health watchdog highlights pitfalls of waiting list reduction schemes

Healthcare Market News (News) July 2002Schemes to cut NHS waiting lists by treating patients in independent hospitals could fail unless adequate arrangements are made to deal with urgent readmissions, Health Service Ombudsman Sir Michael Buckley warned in his annual report, published last month. Sir Michael said that some of the complaints dealt with during the…

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