GPs will soon be required to give patients a choice of where to receive healthcare under plans announced by the Prime Minister - including private alternatives. Doctors will have to offer a choice of up to five healthcare providers when clinically appropriate, in a move designed to cut NHS waiting times.
Delays and backlogs for NHS patients have soared in recent years. In a move announced by Rishi Sunak today (May 25), patients will be able to select where they wish to be treated using the NHS app or website, including private clinics and healthcare providers which are further away.
Mr Sunak said: "Our aim is to create an NHS built around patients, where everyone has more control over the care they receive, wherever they live or whatever their health needs are." NHS patients already have the right to choose where they receive treatment.
