Patients could soon be FINED for missing NHS appointments as fury grows over £1bn wasted every year, Wes Streeting hints

PATIENTS could be fined for missing NHS appointments in the future, Wes Streeting has hinted.

The Health Secretary appeared to soften his previous blanket opposition to financial penalties as a means of raising cash.

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