Missed GP appointments saddling NHS with whopping £650m bill – but no fines for no-show patients

Missed GP appointments saddling NHS with whopping £650m bill – but no fines for no-show patients

PATIENTS who no-showed GP appointments cost the NHS £650 million last year. But The Sun can reveal Health Secretary James Murray has no plans to impose penalties on those who do not turn up. Some 16,271,735 appointments were scrapped in the 12 months to March, when sick people meant to see a doctor missed their...

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