National Health Service (Co-Funding and Co-Payment) Bill

A Bill to make provision for co-funding and for the extension of co-payment for NHS services in England; and for connected purposes.

Originating House

House of Commons

Sponsor

Sir Christopher ChopeConservative

Parliament last updated

5 May 2021

In Plain English

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This private member’s bill would create powers to introduce co-funding and to extend co-payments for NHS services in England. In essence, it would enable the National Health Service to charge patients or others for more services or parts of services, with related provisions for how this would work.

Key Points

Creates powers to implement co-funding for NHS services in England.
Extends or broadens the use of co-payments to additional services or circumstances.
Sets out how charges might be collected and who would pay (with exemptions/eligibilities not specified here).
Includes provisions for related purposes and other administrative or legal mechanisms needed to run co-funding and co-payments.

Progress

The bill is currently at the 2nd Reading in the House of Commons, having had its 1st Reading in February 2020. It would need to pass through Committee and Report Stages in both Houses before becoming law.

Who is affected?

Patients and service users in England who may be charged for NHS servicesPeople who would be required to contribute to costs (where exemptions do not apply) NHS service providers in England (hospitals, GP practices, clinics, etc.)NHS organisational bodies and policy makers in England (e.g., NHS England, Department of Health and Social Care)

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Bill Stages

1st readingCommons

10 Feb 2020

2nd readingCommons

Committee stageCommons

Report stageCommons

3rd readingCommons

1st readingLords

2nd readingLords

Committee stageLords

Report stageLords

3rd readingLords

Royal Assent

Updates & Documents

News (1)

News - National Health Service (Co-Funding and Co-Payment)

1 Jan 1970

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress.

Parliamentary Votes (0)

No recorded votes for this bill yet.