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HEALTH MJ: CCGs 'offer GPs payments for cutting cancer referrals'

Some CCGs are continuing to offer financial incentives to GPs to reduce urgent cancer referrals, despite being ordered not to by the NHS.

Some CCGs are continuing to offer financial incentives to GPs to reduce urgent cancer referrals, despite being ordered not to by the NHS.

Despite a pledge by NHS England to clamp down on the practice, two CCGs are said to be still offering financial incentives to reduce cancer referrals.

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