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Specialist affordability: COPS calls for evidence-based reform

Tuesday, 27 October 2026 by Stephen Milgate
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COPS supports affordable specialist care and action against exploitation, but questions whether proposed fee interventions are supported by sufficient evidence. Its submission calls for detailed analysis, fair peer review, clearer financial consent and expanded public outpatient services.
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