Exclusive: NHSE pays three trusts £1m each to remove patients from waiting lists

By James Illman2026-06-09T03:27:00

Three trusts were paid more than one million pounds for removing patients from their waiting lists through “validation” exercises last year, HSJ can reveal.

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