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The UK has the fifth largest share of healthcare financed through government schemes out of the 36 OECD member states. [6]According to the Department of Health and Social Care a total of £9.2 billion was paid to private providers in England in 2018-9, or about 7% of the departmental budget (it would be a larger proportion of the NHS budget).
Only The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, which hopes to raise 45% of its income from private patients and other non-NHS sources in 2016/7 and is trying to raise its income from paying patients from £90m to £100m, [18] is anywhere near the 49% limit. the total private income of NHS trusts in England was £599.1 million in 2016-17 and £626 ...
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The NHS is free at the point of use for the patient though there are charges associated with eye tests, dental care, prescriptions, and many aspects of personal care. The NHS provides the major part of healthcare in England, including primary care, in-patient care, long-term healthcare, ophthalmology and dentistry.
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Reduced wages and benefits: a 2014 report by In the Public Interest, a resource center on privatization, [71] argues that "outsourcing public services sets off a downward spiral in which reduced worker wages and benefits can hurt the local economy and overall stability of middle and working class communities." [72]
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