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Reducing DNA rates — what has actually worked?

Admin User21 days ago
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Admin User21 days ago
Our DNA rate is 9.2%, which is above average and costing us roughly 40 GP appointments per week. We've tried SMS reminders (marginal improvement), calling the day before (too staff-intensive to scale), and online cancellation links (patients don't use them). I've read about 'appointment fees' but obviously we can't charge. Has anyone cracked this in a sustainable way that doesn't just transfer the workload burden to reception?

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