Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: More private gains & social costs in healthcare... as the NHS 'picks up the pieces' ...
More private gains & social costs in healthcare... as the NHS 'picks up the pieces' from cosmetic surgery that has gone wrong after a bit of medical tourism.
Once again, private health providers are preying on patients & then leaving the public health system to rectify/deal with any problems (not always successfully).
This may seem like a specific sort of problem, but the larger issue of private health care dumping emergencies on the NHS is very real!
#health
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/25/nhs-having-to-pick-up-pieces-of-medical-tourism-boom-say-doctors
Once again, private health providers are preying on patients & then leaving the public health system to rectify/deal with any problems (not always successfully).
This may seem like a specific sort of problem, but the larger issue of private health care dumping emergencies on the NHS is very real!
#health
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/25/nhs-having-to-pick-up-pieces-of-medical-tourism-boom-say-doctors