Variation in access to healthcare

The Medical Technology Group has published The north–south NHS divide: how where you are not what you need dictates your care.

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This report examines CCG indicators to find how effective CCGs are at giving patients access to medical technology.  Providing each CCG with a grading based on how they scored in comparison to other CCGs, the report finds wide variation in access between the north and south of England and argues that CCG performance against access indicators should be clearer to patients.

Additional link: The Medical Technology Group press release