Stopping five low value surgical procedures could save NHS £135m a year

Stopping five common surgical procedures that are costly and provide limited benefit to patients, including inappropriate gastroscopy and inguinal hernia repair without troublesome symptoms, could save the NHS £135m (€153m; $177m) a year, a study has estimated.1

“Identifying and stopping low value services represents a significantly greater opportunity for efficiency savings than previously thought,” said the researchers, led by Humza Malik, clinical research fellow at Imperial College London, …