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Updated on 04 November 2008

Source PA News

The Government is to announce plans to allow patients to "top up" their NHS care with private treatments.

Professor Mike Richards is unveiling his long-awaited review of top-ups, which have sparked controversy after several patients died fighting for the right to add on to their NHS care.

The report will set out the circumstances in which people can pay privately for drugs while still receiving care on the NHS.

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