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GP incentives; Walk-in CT scans; Hot Flushes feedback; New anti-coagulants

GP incentives; Walk-in CT scans; Hot Flushes feedback; New anti-coagulants

Do financial incentives for GPs work? Are walk-in CT scans a good idea?

Inside Health · BBC Radio 4

October 28, 201428m 5s

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Show Notes

Financial incentives for GPs - do they work? Mark Porter learns there are parallels between the latest £55 to diagnose dementia and an incentive to diagnose depression which didn't work and was dropped. Are walk-in CT Scans a good idea - two experts who authored recent reports address concerns about people arranging their own scans. Hot Flushes feedback; plus the new generation of anti-coagulants offering an alternative to warfarin.