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Department of Health draft guidance on NHS patients who wish to pay for additional private care
— summary [of] consultation response | | Author(s) | Pamela Holmes, Philip Hirst |
| Corporate Author | Age Concern England - ACE; Help the Aged |
| Publisher | Age Concern England; Help the Aged, London, 26 January 2009 |
| Pages | 2 pp (Consultation response Ref: 0409(S)) |
| Source | Age Concern England, Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER. www.ageconcern.org.uk Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ. www.helptheaged.org.uk |
| Keywords | Drugs ; Private health services ; Charges ; National Health Service ; Patients ; Age Concern ; Help the Aged ; Comments or Evidence submitted. |
| Annotation | Age Concern England (ACE) and Help the Aged are generally supportive of this draft guidance; the consultation follows Professor Mike Richards' review into the consequences of allowing additional private drugs for NHS care. This summary of their response notes the importance of retaining commitment to an NHS free at the point of use. However, there is a need to ensure consistency of implementation of the guidance across the country. Also, the guidance does not adequately address concerns about topping up NHS continuing care in independent sector homes, where issues about mixing NHS and private care arise, too. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090305006 P |
| Classmark | LLD: LH: QEJ: L4: LF: PT: PYH: 6PM * |
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