National Health Service Co-Funding and Co-Payment Bill

Key Points

• Proposes co-funding and extending co-payments for NHS services in England.
• Expands the range of services or circumstances where patients may be charged.
• Creates or enables funding arrangements beyond general taxation to support NHS services.
• Introduced as a Private Member’s Bill by Sir Christopher Chope and relates to England.
• Currently at the second reading in the House of Commons, with further stages to come.

Progress

The bill is at the second reading stage in the Commons. If it progresses, it would move to committee stage, then report stage and third reading in the Commons, before moving to the Lords.