This updated briefing: comments on the decision, announced by the Department of Health in February 2015, to defer proposals to extend the overall NHS charging regime; comments on the introduction of the new Immigration health charge or surcharge; gives detailed consideration to the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015 due to come into force on 6th April 2015; provides an overview of the charging regime for NHS hospital services currently in place and notes some key changes associated with the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015. The Department of Health decision to extend the […]
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Tag Archives: NHS charges
The introduction of a new NHS charging system has been on the cards since the release of a joint public consultation on NHS charging in England by the Department of Health and the Home Office last year. The framework for some of these changes is now embedded in the Immigration Act 2014, which has put in place some of the necessary foundations for a new healthcare charging system. Key changes in the Act When its provisions enter into force, the Act will introduce two key changes in primary legislation: Firstly, the Immigration Act will change the definition of ‘ordinarily resident’ for […]
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The excellent Clare Gerada, Chair of the Royal College of GPs is calling for a brave and honest debate about rationing medicine. According to GP magasine two thirds of GPs think that the NHS should stop providing free prescriptions for drugs that are available over the counter. Generally stuff like Calpol which you can buy without a prescription is cheap, less than the £7.65 prescription charge we have to pay in England. So it seems unlikely that requests for this stuff are coming from the people who have to pay charges. Only a small minority of prescriptions attract a charge – and […]
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