Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:35 pm on 5 June 2019.
Thank you for that response, even though it is actually contrary to your Government's decision to increase the NHS budget at the expense of local authority budgets. But I'm sure the Minister would agree with me that one of the non-negotiable hallmarks of the NHS is that it is free at the point of delivery, and, of course, that means free prescriptions, free surgery, free x-rays and so on. Now, we would all be outraged if we heard that somebody, upon receiving a cancer diagnosis, was faced with a bill of hundreds of thousands of pounds and they had to sell their home to pay for their cancer treatment. We would also react to a proposal to allow them to keep £50,000 instead of £30,000 in these circumstances with sarcasm about the generosity. So, why is there still discrimination against people with dementia?