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A doctor has claimed households earning over £90,000-a-year should pay more tax to improve GP services.

Dr Anita Raja made the assertion on Good Morning Britain today as the NHS  continues to face pressures with long waiting times for appointments and at A&E.

Her intervention comes after one GP surgery even told patients to bring their own batteries for blood pressure and heart checks to save cash.

Dr Raja told GMB presenters Rob Rinder and Charlotte Hawkins: 'When you come to look at people who are paying tax towards GP services it should be people, I am not an economist and I cannot put down a figure, but it should be something sensible for instance a household that has a combined income of £90,000 per annum.

'There should be a threshold so the burden is not on people that are not high earners, it should essentially be falling on people who are high earners so they can help the rest of the public.

'This is exactly what we would expect.'

Dr Raja is a GP in Birmingham and is a leading expert in women’s health, according to her website.

She added: 'But unfortunately what we have seen is that money when it comes to the healthcare services there is an imposition of things that are not required and I agree money is spent on things which are absolutely ridiculous and not needed.

'Also the GP partners should decide where the money is spent.'

Currently the NHS is free at the point of use for anyone in the UK, no matter their level of income. 

But this is not the first time the idea of wealthier families paying to see their GP has been raised.

In November 2022 the prospect of charging the wealthy to access NHS was touted by health bosses in Scotland.

And last year veteran Tory Ken Clarke, who was Health Secretary under then-PM Margaret Thatcher, claimed the controversial prospect of

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