File photo dated 07/12/10 of an NHS logo as people should be charged a ?10 monthly membership fee for using the NHS alongside hotel-style charges for hospital stays, according to a new report. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday March 31, 2014. Co-authored by former Labour health minister Lord Warner, the study called for radical changes to how the NHS is funded. Under the proposals, every resident would gain
%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%More patient charges may need to be introduced for the NHS alongside an acknowledgement that not all pensioners are "poor", a report has said.
The current health and social care systems are no longer fit for purpose while funding needs an overhaul, the Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England said.
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