Free NHS care in Scotland could end

Professor David Bell, Professor of economics at the University of Stirling, believes the action could save £300m from the Scottish health budget and also questions the ring fencing of NHS funding by Holyrood. Responding to the parliament's Independent Budget Review (IBR) report, Prof. Bell argued that adopting some of the principles used in Sweden's health service could provide a significant benefit to Scotland's funding problems. "An alternative to reintroducing charges for personal care might be to extend charging in the NHS," he says. "While Sweden's public services are usually ...