NHS to give patients cash to purchase their own healthcare

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Health chief says giving patients financial control will force health and social care systems to provide better services

Billions of pounds of health service and town hall budgets are to be given to the most vulnerable patients to purchase health and social care services in the community, under plans unveiled by the NHS's new head.

The elderly, disabled children and those with serious mental illness or learning disabilities will from next April be offered individual pots of money to spend as they wish on health and social care services such as carers, physiotherapists and psychotherapy sessions.

Simon Stevens, NHS England's chief executive, said that it would help keep people out of hospital and ultimately save money, the Guardian reported.

Some patients' budgets will range from as little as a few hundred pounds, though most are likely to get more than ?1,000, with a small number who have very complex needs receiving substantially more than that.

Patients receiving the funds would still get free GP and hospital care. Recipients will not automatically receive cash payments into their bank accounts but will control the budget, which will be provided after a care plan is agreed with their doctors.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/nhs/10955366/NHS-to-give-patients-cash-to-purchase-their-own-healthcare.html

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On the other hand they told us they have run out of money for operation and cancer treatments, but they have cash for health and social care systems F knows what they are up to.

[nara]

On the other hand they told us they have run out of money for operation and cancer treatments, but they have cash for health and social care systems F knows what they are up to.

Pay attention SJ. This is a cynical money saving scheme.

[gopher7]

What they are up to is trying to bring in a system like USA, if you don't have healthcare you don't get treatment.
i.e:- Total privatization of the health service, because most of the ministers in Westminster probably have interests in private health care providers.

[Meat-Head]

Makes. Sense to a degree, your a lumber jack, you work all day and sleep alnight so not much chance if accident being drunk.

on other hand a accident prone fat unemployed polish bloke, ?50 now go away

[GastonJ]

Yeah, sneaking in very cheap and shoddy privatisation. "Mentally ill? here have ?50 and go get your own treatment, Humber Bridge toll is only ?1.50 for when you drive off and kill yourself, so we'll get the refund from your estate....."

Total privatization of the health service, because most of the ministers in Westminster probably have interests in private health care providers.

It's almost all who sit on the board of or have shares in private healthcare shams that can rip the NHS for more money and leave the NHS with even less. Where do you think BUPA and Nuffield send their botched operated on patients when things go wrong (and they've been paid), to the NHS A&E of course so that the NHS pays for emergency treatment.... *shrug*

[ifred]

Bet the airfare to India will double in price now!
I expect Magaluf will do a promo night for off your head drinks

[ifred]

Pay attention SJ. This is a cynical money saving scheme.

I don't know ....cynical??? ?50 for DIY health care ...........its classic

[GastonJ]

Need that tooth filling? B&Q do cheap rechargable drills and polyfilla for about ?35. I'm going to open a health centre now, wish me luck Frontal lobotomies for MP's will be carried out at no charge