Patients Vote With Their Feet as New Consensus Forming on Private Healthcare
Since its creation, the NHS has been a key priority for most governments. More nurses, more doctors, and shorter waiting times are always promised, yet the bureaucratic institution still fails to wholly satisfy many patients. So instead they are looking elsewhere…
Since the pandemic, there’s been a whopping 30% surge in people across the UK’s four nations shelling out their own cash for private hospital care. This is despite record staffing and funding levels for the NHS, though waiting times are still not coming down. Thirty thousand more patients a week are being treated privately within the NHS in England. As is the way in a competitive market, Britons are choosing the more appealing option…
Meanwhile, the number of people turning to private GPs is skyrocketing, nearing four million, with nearly half of 18 to 24-year-olds opting for private appointments due to mounting frustrations over NHS delays. Voters are deciding that private healthcare is the more reliable option, though they are effectively paying twice for healthcare. Now give us our NHS tax opt-out…
