London NHS trusts save £4.1m by cutting duplicate tests
7 November 2026
Two major London NHS trusts have saved £4.1 million by cutting unnecessary repeat medical tests. King's College Hospital and Guy's and St Thomas' say their shared electronic patient record has prevented 3.3 million duplicate or repeat tests over the past three years. It has also freed up around 275,000 hours of nursing and phlebotomy time, and spared patients needless blood tests.
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