PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Patients: Low Incomes (22 November 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will make available travel assistance to families who do not meet the criteria of the NHS Low Income Scheme.
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Answer
There are no plans to extend help with the cost of travel to receive National Health Service treatment to those families who do not qualify under the NHS Low Income Scheme. Patient Transport Services are available without charge where there is a clinical need.
Answered by:
David Mowat (Conservative)
25 November 2016
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