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GPs are paid for patients on their list, meaning practices could be receiving millions of extra pounds for people who may not be real.
The TaxPayers' Alliance researcher Tom Ryan said: 'Unless these missing patients can be found, funding for GP practices should be amended accordingly.'
GPs are paid for patients on their list, meaning practices could be receiving millions of extra pounds for people who may not be real.
Doctors could be earning almost £1 billion from “ghost patients” after a fraud investigation into how many people were registered with GPs was halted.
GPs are paid for patients on their list, meaning practices could be receiving millions of extra pounds for people who may not be real.