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DHSC: How Advice and Guidance is helping to cut waiting times for patients (31 March 2026)

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Advice and Guidance (A&G) has been used in the NHS for years. It helps GPs get advice from specialists on a patient’s condition to decide the best course of treatment.

The Department of Health and Social Care sets out the facts following media reports with a letter from the Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting, published in the Daily Telegraph on 31 March.

DHSC: How Advice and Guidance is helping to cut waiting times for patients (31 March 2026) https://healthmedia.blog.gov.uk/2026/03/31/how-advice-and-guidance-is-helping-to-cut-waiting-times-f…
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