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Patients who miss hospital appointments cost the NHS in the eastern region more than ?42m in the past year, it has emerged.
There were nearly five million appointments in the east's 24 NHS hospital and foundation trusts in 2012.
But in about 418,000 cases, the patients failed to turn up.
Automated reminders are cutting the number of wasted appointments but hospitals say patients must do their bit by not wasting resources.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21786627
Such a waste of resources
There were nearly five million appointments in the east's 24 NHS hospital and foundation trusts in 2012.
But in about 418,000 cases, the patients failed to turn up.
Automated reminders are cutting the number of wasted appointments but hospitals say patients must do their bit by not wasting resources.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21786627
Such a waste of resources