PATIENTS are being made to prove how much they earn before they are offered travel to UK for specialist treatment.
People are having to share sensitive income tax details with the travel department at the General Hospital so that they can be means-tested.
Health Minister Jim Perchard was due to be questioned in the States this morning about the issue by Deputy Paul Le Claire, who wants to know why patients are being put through such a scheme.
Deputy Le Claire (pictured) said that he had been approached recently by a number of patients who had been asked by staff at the travel department at the General Hospital for income tax or other details showing that they were eligible for free travel to a UK hospital.
