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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Storm Newton

Hospitals will be paid to divert patients into community to slash waiting lists

Patients in a waiting room (Lynne Cameron/PA) - (PA Archive)

Hospitals in England will be paid to divert patients back into the community for treatment, under plans published by the NHS.

The new guidance will also introduce the first waiting times target for community services, as well as prioritising same-day GP appointments for patients in urgent need.

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