The Department of Health has received a number of queries concerning difficulties individuals face with banks in respect of direct payments. A number of these concerns were raised directly with the Secretary of State for Health who wrote to the British Bankers Association (BBA). A copy of this letter and the reply from the BBA are reproduced below.
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