Members of the public suggest fines for missed GP appointments, return of prescription charges and higher car parking fees to help fund the health service.
Sep 17, 2019, 09:17 AM
Fines for missed GP appointments. The return of prescription charges. Higher car parking fees at hospitals. Would you be prepared to accept these measures if it helps to ease the funding crisis in the health service? These suggestions have come not from NHS bosses, but from patients themselves. The public in Fermanagh have been giving their views to the Western Local Commissioning Group in a series of community meetings. The commissioning group is one of the bodies within the health service that feeds into decision making. Stephen got the views of Belfast GP, Dr George O'Neill and the businessman Frank Shivers, who's a member of the Conservative Party.