The drive to speed up cancer care and reduce pressure on the NHS means that family doctors will now be able to refer patients with worrying symptoms straight for diagnostics such as brain MRIs, CT scans and blood tests.
This will cut out hospital consultants, who at present are seen for initial consultations before patients join another waiting list for a scan.
NHS England said the scheme, to be introduced nationally this month, would cut the typical waiting time between seeing a GP and getting a scan from twelve weeks to four. This
