Bosses at the National Health Service (NHS) are calling for fines to be bestowed upon patients who book a GP appointment but fail to show up.
This comes after almost 4.5 million slots have been missed by service users this year - costing the already-exhausted NHS in the ball park of £175million, which equates to over £1.4million each day.
The Express reveals that overall, there have been 37,379 missed appointments each day. The scandal comes as sick and frustrated patients complain at being unable to secure appointments, with waits of several weeks common for a non-urgent GP visit.
