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Travel insurance red tape costs GPs 110,000 hours a year

By 2025-11-06T14:00:00

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’Outdated systems are wasting millions of pounds of NHS resources, eating into GPs’ time and leaving patients stranded abroad waiting for urgent care,’ says chief growth officer

GPs are being forced to divert more than 110,000 hours a year from patient care to provide the necessary medical records that allow insurers to validate and process medical travel insurance claims.

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