UK News 24-08-2004 who: Health charity Developing Patient Partnerships what: Says missed GP appointments cost the NHS £162million per year where: LONDON when: Yesterday snippet: Nealry nine million people missed an appointment last year, says The Telegraph, and DPP, which has launched a "Keep It or Cancel It" campaign, believes that "two thirds of family doctors would be in favour of charging patients who did not turn up." The British Medical Association rejects this suggestion, insisting that votes at annual conferences "had consistently shown doctors opposed charging patients who failed to attend." [... more]

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