Hospital patients - "fibbers" or fed-up?
The West has accused some of the 54,000 people waiting for a medical appointment of resorting to lying to get on multiple wait-lists ("Patients lie to jump surgery queue", 29 June 2015). The blaming continues with accusations of using false addresses to get duplicate referrals as well as "hospital shopping".
Our question is: Why is there a need to resort to such desperate measures?
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