According to NHS Digital figures, patients in England did not attend almost eight million hospital outpatient appointments in 2016/17 – or 6.7 per cent of appointments.
NHS England has said because each hospital outpatient appointment costs the NHS around £120, that means almost £1 billion worth of appointments were missed.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...abuse-service/
I wonder how much more money is wasted by abuse like this and by what sector of society?
