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22/10/2014
GPs To Be Paid For Dementia Diagnoses
NHS England have announced that GPs are to be paid £55 for each new diagnoses of dementia.
It is understood the payments are to be made in an effort to increase the number of sufferers receiving treatment for the condition.
Dementia is an umbrella term for a range of symptoms that result from a number of different diseases of the brain.
Critics of the new payment scheme, the Patients Association, have claimed it is "a step too far".
NHS England explained that the payments would be made for each new patient given a diagnoses over a six-month period.
However, it added that it was not just "payment for diagnoses", saying that GPs would have to show a detailed plan and improving diagnoses rates.
(MH/CD)
It is understood the payments are to be made in an effort to increase the number of sufferers receiving treatment for the condition.
Dementia is an umbrella term for a range of symptoms that result from a number of different diseases of the brain.
Critics of the new payment scheme, the Patients Association, have claimed it is "a step too far".
NHS England explained that the payments would be made for each new patient given a diagnoses over a six-month period.
However, it added that it was not just "payment for diagnoses", saying that GPs would have to show a detailed plan and improving diagnoses rates.
(MH/CD)
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