Patients should be charged £20 to see a GP in a bid to limit demands placed on the health service, a centre-right think-tank says.The Social Market Foundation said forcing people to pay a fee for an appointment could help the NHS cope in the tight financial times ahead. The group said it would not breach the values of the NHS as charges already applied to dentistry and prescriptions
Patients should be charged £20 to see a GP in a bid to limit demands placed on the health service, a centre-right think-tank says.
The Social Market Foundation said forcing people to pay a fee for an appointment could help the NHS cope in the tight financial times ahead.
The group said it would not breach the values of the NHS as charges already applied to dentistry and prescriptions
And they want to charge £20 for the privilege? The peak-to-trough part of the business cycle is an outlier. Carnot would have died laughing.
