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Will patients be charged for NHS services?

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Will patients be charged for NHS services?

September 24, 2014 by

King’s Fund member explains why charging for healthcare should be a no go area King’s Fund member and social policy professor Julian Le Grand has spoken out against the idea of charging for healthcare services, instead advocating a “a single pathway of care with a single ring fenced budget and a single commissioner.”  Long opposing the … [Read more…]

Posted in: NHS and Industry News Tagged: charges, costs, fees, healthcare, HSJ, Kings Fund, services, social care

Scottish councils charging terminally ill patients for care

June 16, 2014 by

Unless they prove they have less than four weeks to live, patients forced to foot bill of care Charity Motor Neurone Disease Scotland has unveiled that some Scottish councils are charging terminally ill patients for their personal care when they should be receiving it for free. Personal care is free to anyone aged over 65 … [Read more…]

Posted in: NHS and Industry News Tagged: care, charges, costs, fees, patients, Scotland

Should prescription charges be scraped?

May 24, 2014 by admin

Experts deem fees “illogical and unfair” The Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin has recommended that NHS prescription charges be dropped, as the system is “outdated” with England the only country of the UK to retain the charge. Results for 2012 show that only 10% of prescriptions in the community attracted fees. Despite this, 80% of adult patients under … [Read more…]

Posted in: NHS and Industry News Tagged: charges, doctor, fees, GP, hospitals, prescription

Will GP’s have to charge for appointments?

May 24, 2014 by admin

General practice turning into “conveyor belt medicine” according to family doctors A proposal to charge patients in the UK for an appointment with their GP has been rejected at the British Medical Association’s GP conference in York. Despite the scheme being refused, there are still fears about the future of GP services, as delegates warned that services … [Read more…]

Posted in: NHS and Industry News Tagged: BMA, charges, fees, GP, NHS, prescription

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