Submitted on Friday 27th October 2017
Rejected on Monday 27th November 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop the introduction of GP referral management centres
GP referrals to specialist must now be approved and vetted by referral management centres. However, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) reported that there is no evidence the centres are reducing costs and improving quality of referrals. Thus, the centres serve to reduce access to medical treatment.
Research by the British Medical Journal
Summary of data from the BMJ http://www.bmj.com/company/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/CCG-ref-schemes.pdf
Referral management schemes: good for whom?
doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i6856 (Published 04 January 2017)
Private firms run a third of CCGs’ schemes to screen GP referrals
doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i6855 (Published 04 January 2017)
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The decision to use referral management centres appears to be one for local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), not the UK Government or Parliament.
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