Missed GP appointments cost the NHS millions
* Each appointment costs an average of £30, putting the total cost to the NHS at more than £216 million pounds on top of the disruption for staff and fellow patients that would pay for:
- The annual salary of 2,325 full-time GPs
- 224, 640 cataract operations
- 58,320 hip replacement operations
- 216,000 drug treatment courses for Alzheimer’s
- The annual salary of 8,424 full-time community nurses
*Source NHS England
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