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25.
Mr. Edwards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he has issued to health authorities regarding the imposition of charges on NHS patients.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
National health services must be free except where charging is expressly provided for by legislation. The chief executive reminded health service managers of this on 24 October 1991.