Patients told they can combine private drugs with NHS care

摘要

Patients in England will be able to top up their treatment with drugs bought privately and yet continue to receive NHS care, provided that they have their top-up treatment administered in a non-NHS setting, the health secretary announced this week.The change in rules on top-up drugs, which has immediate effect, is part of a package of 14 recommendations made by Mike Richards, England's national clinical director for cancer, in his review of copayments, all of which the government has accepted.