4 July 2017 - Rationing of treatment in the NHS in England is on the rise again, with patients around the country being denied access to care that just months ago was granted without question.

An investigation by The BMJ has shown stark local variation in the number of exceptional funding requests that doctors in England are having to make on behalf of their patients, and the types of treatment being restricted.

The analysis shows that the overall number of individual funding requests received by clinical commissioning groups in England increased by 47% in the past four years.

Read BMJ article