Hospital No-Shows Costing N.Wales Nhs Pounds 5m a Year ; Am: 'Charge Patients for Missed Appointments'
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PATIENTS who failed to turn up to appointments cost the NHS in North Wales a staggering pounds 5m in a year.
Every time a patient misses an appointment it costs Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board pounds 150. In 2009-10 that equated to almost pounds 100,000 a week, to the disgust of health officials and politicians.See the full content of this document
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Hospital No-Shows Costing N.Wales Nhs Pounds 5m a Year ; Am: 'Charge Patients for Missed Appointments'
The worst affected departments in the eastern and central areas were in ophthalmology (visual services), with 4,647 absentees. In the west of North Wales ...
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