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The clampdown on some NHS operations could have ?a considerable impact on patient experience?, according to the boss of Northampton General Hospital.
Dr Sonia Swart was responding to news that a GP panel will now scrutinise each patient with one of a list of conditions, from hip replacements to tonsils removal, before they can be sent for an operation.
It means cash-strapped NHS Nene will not pay for hospitals to perform the surgery unless the GPs have agreed it.
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/n...ct-on-patients-claims-hospital-boss-1-5732840
Dr Sonia Swart was responding to news that a GP panel will now scrutinise each patient with one of a list of conditions, from hip replacements to tonsils removal, before they can be sent for an operation.
It means cash-strapped NHS Nene will not pay for hospitals to perform the surgery unless the GPs have agreed it.
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/n...ct-on-patients-claims-hospital-boss-1-5732840