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RCGP slams reports that GPs are defrauding health service with ‘ghost’ patients

The Royal College of General Practitioners has responded to reports that the NHS Counter Fraud Authority has launched an investigation into ‘ghost patients’ on GP lists. It said that the insinuation that GPs are complicit in defrauding the health service is shocking.

The Royal College of General Practitioners has responded to reports that the NHS Counter Fraud Authority has launched an investigation into ‘ghost patients’ on GP lists. It says that the insinuation that GPs €“ some of the most trusted professionals in society – are complicit in defrauding the health service is shocking and will be incredibly hurtful for hard-working GPs and their teams who are struggling to deliver care to more than a million patients a day across the country, with insufficient time, resources or workforce to do so. Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: “It

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