Elective Surgery: Good policy or good politics?

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Elective Surgery: Good policy or good politics?

Katie Marriner
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There were around 13.8 million GP visits in the year to June 2011. Over the same period there were 154,000 surgical elective services provided. Katie Marriner asks commentators whether the resources and profile given elective surgery is warranted, or, is it largely populist political manoeuvring?

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