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Originally Posted by Seeker

I think that is why there's a growth in "medical tourism": travel to another country to get your procedure done quicker/cheaper or, worst case, botched.

Still, the Tories have said austerity is over, next they'll say they care.

I agree with stopping private healthcare though. In Lincolnshire most of our hospitals are going to agencies because we're short of nurses, doctors, consultants and paying through the nose for the privilege of hiring medical staff that may have been initially trained by the NHS. Lincoln NHS trust is forecasting spending £32 million on agencies.

Friend of my wife was a bank nurse ( agency ) and decided to rejoin NHS - she took a 30% drop in pay but had more security and only had to travel short distance to work. I can only guess what the agency was being paid by NHS if they could afford to pay people 30% more and still make a nice profit.