NHS will remain free to use and funded by general taxation, government says Reaffirmation comes in response to OBR projections laying out ever larger sums service will need in coming decades
The NHS will remain funded from general taxation and free for patients to use, the government has pledged, in a statement that appears to rule out the introduction of charges to access care.
The government was responding to new projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility showing that the health service would need such large sums of money in the coming decades that it would threaten the UK’s public finances. Continue reading... The Guardian
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