Record number of patients going private to avoid long NHS wait lists

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A luxury private hospital room (stock image). The Daily Mail can reveal thousands felt they had ‘no choice’ but to pay for care just weeks after Prime Minister announced how the private sector will be instrumental in reforming NHS elective care

Record numbers of patients are paying for private cancer treatment and heart surgery rather than risking waiting for NHS care. Read More