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Better-off patients may have to pay for GP appointments, veteran Tory warns

Better-off patients may have to pay for GP appointments, veteran Tory warns

Better-off patients could be forced to pay to see a GP or have minor surgery in order to save the NHS, a former chancellor has said.

Veteran Tory Ken Clarke warned that financial contributions from those in a better financial position may be necessary to ease the pressure on the NHS.

He said: “As health demands of the population, an aging population, get ever higher, and more expensive, it’s taking up an ever-increasing amount…


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