| Comment | Allegedly, doctors were *heavily* discouraged to accept any shared care agreements on advice from Glasgow Local Medical Committee. This started around four or five years ago, I was also refused shared care
More recently, there have been documents originating at a higher level in the NHS suggesting that this is now being made a UK wide policy.
It's a mix of cost-cutting, reducing GP's workload and liability and, paraphrasing their words, "to avoid the NHS becoming a two tier system".
They want you to either a) put up with years long waiting lists or b) if you can afford a private diagnosis then you can afford everything else through private clinics, including prescriptions. |
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