Not being online for most of yesterday, and only having a short window to do so today, I have only just become aware of the above story. Workplace Savings and Benefits put out the following article yesterday: http://goo.gl/qZx7RM
I have not had a chance to look any further into this just yet, so my comments are based solely on the above article. But my initial thoughts are as follows:
1) A delay of a few months, and initial partial introduction, of the Independent Assessment Service (IAS) were both expected following Professor Khan’s comments at Jelf’s Annual Health and Wellbeing event last month. Not much of a surprise, but the timetable still looks quite challenging to be frank.
2) If the GP’s are not to be mandated to refer patients, this will be a remarkable change of direction in the outline plan to make the IAS work. So, if this is the case, then it will be interesting to see what counter-measures have been introduced to offset this alteration.
3) If the IAS is delayed, and assuming that the new tax-incentive for medical interventions remains linked only to the IAS, then this presumably means that the new tax incentive is not available for anyone until (at the earliest) October 2014?
So I will look into this on my return to the office, and will comment further later this week.
Best regards
Steve
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