NHS Wales to remove no-show patients from waiting lists

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Chris Haines, ICNN Senedd reporter Patients who miss two appointments without good cause will be removed from waiting lists for NHS treatment, Wales’ health secretary announced. Jeremy Miles warned more than 700,000 appointments are missed each year, with 14% of all outpatient appointments lost because people do not turn up or cannot attend. “That’s not […]

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