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The NHS is wasting about £2bn a year and risking patients’ health by giving them too many x-rays, drugs and treatments they do not need, Britain’s leading medical body warns today.
Patients are too readily tested, diagnosed and treated for certain conditions, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) claims today in a report that has prompted a debate on whether people are being exposed to unnecessary interventions and stays in hospital in the UK.
The academy is calling on all doctors and nurses to start questioning the value of every test and treatment they recommend for patients in order to help the NHS withstand the unprecedented financial pressure it is under and improve patient experience.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/nov/05/nhs-wastes-over-2-bn-on-unnecessary-treatment
Patients are too readily tested, diagnosed and treated for certain conditions, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) claims today in a report that has prompted a debate on whether people are being exposed to unnecessary interventions and stays in hospital in the UK.
The academy is calling on all doctors and nurses to start questioning the value of every test and treatment they recommend for patients in order to help the NHS withstand the unprecedented financial pressure it is under and improve patient experience.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/nov/05/nhs-wastes-over-2-bn-on-unnecessary-treatment