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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Lucy Garcia

Ex health secretary wants people to PAY for GP visits and A&E trips

A FORMER Tory health secretary has called for people to pay to see their GP or go to A&E as he branded the current NHS funding model “unsustainable”.

Writing in The Times, Sajid Javid called for a “grown-up” conversation about reforms to the health service as mounting challenges cause problems.

He warned that “too often the appreciation for the NHS has become a religious fervour and a barrier to reform”.

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