Keeping the pressure up about Labour's policy on GP referrals - it must be reviewed.
It is causing problems for GPs & problems for hospital specialists.
Worst still, causing harm to patients - not my words, the Health Watchdog HSSIB - linking deaths and delayed diagnoses to the policy.
I will keep raising these concerns with the Government until they review the policy and make it safer.
Here is the HSSIB report about patient harm, deaths and delays in diagnosis, for example in cancer.
The one I reference in my question: https://www.hssib.org.uk/patient-safety-investigations/electronic-patient-record-systems-electronic-referrals-for-ongoing-care/interim-report/#executive-summary
Here is the GP survey, why I reference GPs struggling: https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/2026-27-gp-contract/gps-estimate-quarter-of-patient-referrals-now-returned-as-unsolicited-advice-and-guidance/
Here is the hospital doctors' survey; this is why I reference specialists struggling: https://www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-media/news-and-opinion/rcp-survey-highlights-unsustainable-reliance-on-unpaid-doctor-time-to-deliver-nhs-advice-and-guidance-scheme/
