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The NHS payment system: a guide for patients

This leaflet explains how changes to the NHS payment system will benefit patients.

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Towards an NHS payment system that does more for patients

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This leaflet explains how the NHS payment system helps to improve care for patients by giving healthcare providers and commissioners (who buy services on behalf of patients) incentives to improve quality and efficiency.

Updates to this page

Published 17 December 2013
Last updated 26 November 2014
  1. Updated to reflect Monitor and NHS England's proposals for the ‘2015/16 National Tariff Payment System’.

  2. First published.

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