Doctors to end mental health debt paperwork charge
(World News UK)

Doctors in England will no longer charge patients with mental health problems for paperwork they need to get debt support. Money saving expert Martin Lewis, who launched a campaign against the fee, said he was `over the moon` that an agreement had been reached. The changes were outlined in the new five-year GP contract published by the British Medical Association (BMA) and NHS England last month. The debt and mental health evidence form was not previously covered by the contract, meaning doctors were able to bill patients. Current rules allow GPs to charge for the debt and mental health evidence form (Anthony Devlin/ PA) People with mental health and debt problems...