FORMER Health Secretary Sajid Javid has called for wealthier patients to pay a “modest” fee to visit A&E or their GP. The high-profile Tory MP, 53, said making Brits pay to visit hospital emerg…
The Bromsgrove MP told The Times last night he wanted to start a “hard-headed conversation” about the future of the health service - warning its core principles “cannot survive much longer” without reform.
The ex-Cabinet minister, who will stand down as an MP at the next election, also called on Health Secretaryto extend “the contributory principle” - with wealthier health care patients asked to chip in with a “modest” health care fee. He had previously proposed fining patients for missing GP appointments during his short Conservative leadership campaign last July.
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