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Access to hospital treatments is being restricted in many areas of England as the NHS struggles to balance its books, the BBC has learnt. Regional health boards have ordered some hospitals to cut back on the number of patients they are seeing, meaning hundreds of thousands of patients could have to wait longer for treatment.
The NHS has urged people to use online forms to book appointments with their GP, as it helps to free up phone lines and ease pressure on the health service
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A hospital trust has been awarded £2m after it achieved one of the strongest improvements in elective care across England. The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) was awarded the money after achieving the eighth-best improvement in referral-to-treatment performance, between April and September.
Brits requiring care for 'non-emergency' conditions are being urged by the NHS to book appointments with their GP without calling. It comes after the NHS confirmed that 98.7% of GP practices in England provide an online service for patients.
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Welsh Parliament hopefuls have clashed on the state of the NHS and the cost of expanding the Senedd in a live debate ahead of next May's election. Conservative Tory Giffard said his party would "declare a health emergency", putting the "whole focus" on cutting waiting lists.