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NHS users 'should be charged a £10 monthly membership fee'

People should be charged a £10 monthly membership fee for using the NHS, a new report says. Co-authored by former Labour health minister Lord Warner, the study called for radical changes to how the NHS is funded.

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What you would get for £10-a-month NHS membership

The report suggests a merger of health and social care to replace the NHS. Credit: PA

Centre-right think tank Reform has proposed a raft of changes the NHS, including a £10 monthly membership fee for members.

Here are some of the other changes suggested:

  • Annual "health MOT" of basic health checks for more people
  • Yearly review of NHS member's progress and agreement of individualised goals
  • Focus on management of chronic conditions
  • More support for carers
  • Telehealth products to help people "meet their own care using their own resources"
  • Full-cost charging for the administration of vaccinations for overseas travel
  • Co-payments by patients for the hotel costs of some inpatient hospital care
  • Merger of health and social care to create a National Health and Care Service (NHCS)

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