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To: HMRC and anyone who cares about patients
End unfair VAT rules which cripple NHS services
Please end the VAT anomaly which means private companies can deliver drugs to patients homes and claim VAT back, but if NHS delivers them, they pay VAT.
Why is this important?
This anomaly means private delivery companies look cheaper, but are not. My hospital neurology dept "saves" £250k a year on VAT on beta interferon alone this way, but the private healthcare provider offers a lamentable service, not turning up, letting patients run out of meds, etc. There are few companies to compete, and the NHS cannot afford to take service back.
Jeremy Hunt and HMRC know about the unfair advantage private companies have, but ignore it. This means the NHS is paying £200 million A YEAR on drugs to the Treasury in VAT. Why penalise the NHS? Let the NHS compete fairly!
