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GPs? role as advocates for their patients is being undermined because they are now in the invidious position of having to ration access to hospital care, a BMJ investigation has found.
Investigators submitted freedom of information requests to clinical commissioning groups. The responses from 195 CCGs (out of 211 in England) revealed that, for 2013-14, one in seven have tightened the criteria for ?low clinical value treatments? ? for example, cataract surgery, hip and knee surgery, tonsillectomies and IVF ? many of which the Royal College of Surgeons say are proven to be effective in preventing complications later in patients? lives.
http://www.onmedica.com/newsarticle.aspx?id=7eefe40f-9c2f-4876-ae1e-19a6c334a23f
Investigators submitted freedom of information requests to clinical commissioning groups. The responses from 195 CCGs (out of 211 in England) revealed that, for 2013-14, one in seven have tightened the criteria for ?low clinical value treatments? ? for example, cataract surgery, hip and knee surgery, tonsillectomies and IVF ? many of which the Royal College of Surgeons say are proven to be effective in preventing complications later in patients? lives.
http://www.onmedica.com/newsarticle.aspx?id=7eefe40f-9c2f-4876-ae1e-19a6c334a23f