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Health service trials shorter referral pathway
Twelve practices will refer directly to diagnostics, skipping a step that currently adds about three weeks.
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Twelve practices will refer directly to diagnostics, skipping a step that currently adds about three weeks.
The trust credits a weekend social care rota introduced in March. Comparable trusts have not seen the same fall.
Supply is sufficient, the department said, and appointments open at the end of the month.