NHS tests and drugs ‘do more harm than good’
‘NHS patients are being given drugs and tests they may not need because GPs and hospitals are paid for the quantity not quality of their treatment, senior doctors have warned.
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges said patients should be encouraged to ask if their medical procedures were really necessary, in a bid to halt over-diagnosis and needless treatment of swathes of the population.
In an unprecedented intervention, the medics – who represent all 21 medical royal colleges in the UK – said too many patients were being forced to endure tests and treatments which could do more harm than good.’
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