Cancer patients forced to get GP referral before seeing a specialist 'have lower chance of survival'
They found that needing to see a family doctor before hospital treatment was linked to lowerHowever, one of the studies found cancer patients needing to see a GP first — such as in the UK — had a survival rate of 66 per cent.
But the figure rose to 73 per cent for those in countries where they were able to go straight to hospital., said: “There is a trade-off. It is better to have gatekeeping and see a specialist promptly than swamping hospitals.
Prof Helen Stokes-Lampard, of the Royal College of GPs, said the study “also highlights a chronic lack of access to diagnostic
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