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Patients should have the option to top-up their NHS treatment with small monthly payment in return for an ‘enhanced’ service, a report suggests.
Allowing people who can afford it to invest extra money would raise billions of pounds and give all patients a better healthcare experience, the authors say.
Those who choose to pay - a sum starting from £100 per year for someone on a wage of £20,000 - would still receive the standard service in NHS hospitals and clinics.
But by voluntarily paying extra they could avoid long waiting times for procedures and seek treatment in any centre in the country if they are subject to a postcode lottery where they live, according to the report by the think tank Civitas.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...atment-solve-funding-crisis-report-urges.html
Noooooooo!!!!! Two-tier system! 😱 Haves and Have-Nots!
Allowing people who can afford it to invest extra money would raise billions of pounds and give all patients a better healthcare experience, the authors say.
Those who choose to pay - a sum starting from £100 per year for someone on a wage of £20,000 - would still receive the standard service in NHS hospitals and clinics.
But by voluntarily paying extra they could avoid long waiting times for procedures and seek treatment in any centre in the country if they are subject to a postcode lottery where they live, according to the report by the think tank Civitas.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...atment-solve-funding-crisis-report-urges.html
Noooooooo!!!!! Two-tier system! 😱 Haves and Have-Nots!