NHS patients 'should pay £10 monthly membership fee'

Former Labour health minister Lord Warner claims member scheme could secure £2bn a year for NHS

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THE NHS should be topped up with a £10-a-month "membership fee" to prevent it from going bust, a former Labour health minister has suggested.

Lord Warner, who served under Tony Blair, has warned that the NHS is facing a "care and cash crisis", with an expected shortfall of £30bn a year by 2020, and needs new sources of funding to remain viable.

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