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NHS could pay for patients' treatment elsewhere in EU
Patients ‘shopping around’ in EU backed

By politics.co.uk staff The NHS should fund patients who prefer to receive their treatment elsewhere in the EU, a parliamentary committee has concluded. The Lords’ EU committee’s report came after the European Commission’s proposal for a directive on patients’ rights to cross-border healthcare, which will replace existing ad-hoc arrangements. A series of European court of… Read more »

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NHS complaints worth complaining about
NHS complaints ‘ignored’

By politics.co.uk staff Half of NHS patients forced to complain about their treatment are likely to receive an “inadequate response”, a watchdog survey has suggested. The Healthcare Commission found roughly half of the 8,000 annual complaints required further work after the initial submission because the trust’s response was not good enough. As a result the… Read more »