GPs revolt over £55 dementia payments

[Northerner]

Leading GPs are in revolt over a controversial NHS scheme to pay them £55 for every new case of dementia they record.

They branded it ‘unethical’ and warn it will lead to patients being wrongly diagnosed, with ‘truly tragic consequences’.

The scheme was launched by NHS England last month to boost worryingly low detection rates of dementia – currently less than half of cases are picked up.

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[MacG3]

That almost seems like an admission to me from the GP's that they consider either themselves or their colleagues to be unethical and greedy. That they will misdiagnose patients to get their grubbies on the £55.

If you can't trust doctors, then who can you trust?