GP leaders are pushing back against hospital trusts rejecting referrals, with LMCs issuing warnings of potential contract breaches.
A number of LMCs have encouraged GPs to send warnings back to providers who reject their referrals, stating that there are no valid grounds for the rejection.
Some template letters produced by LMCs to help GPs do this are badged as part of collective action efforts, since the BMA’s ‘menu’ of actions encourages GPs to ‘stop rationing referrals’.
It comes after Pulse revealed that GPs are concerned about a rise in rejected referrals and particularly from ‘anonymous’ clinicians, with referrals coming back to general practice unsigned, and patients being put at risk when secondary care and other providers do not accept GP referrals.
Source: Pulse, 28 October 2024
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