NHS funding: will patients be forced to pay for some care? With a predicted deficit of around £2bn, if we want to preserve a health service free at the point of need, we must accept radical thinking on funding
With NHS providers on track to run up deficits in the region of £2bn this year, the spectre of patients paying for more services again looms over the NHS.
Last year’s combined deficit of £822m across the provider sector hid an even more serious truth: add in the extra £250m from the Treasury and another £650m transferred from capital budgets and the underlying deficit was nearer £1.7bn. Continue reading... The Guardian
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