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Patients in England are left in limbo by GP “referral black holes,” watchdog warns

bmj · 2025-12-08 · canonical JSON source

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One in seven patients end up in a “referral black hole” as their GP referral for tests or treatment is either delayed, lost, rejected, or not sent, a report from Healthwatch England warns.1