Many hundreds of thousands of patients are being treated in hospitals where at least 20 per cent of the staff have said they would not be happy with the standard of care if a friend or relative needed treatment, says survey.
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FT on 17th Mar 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
AN MSP has hit out at preferential treatment for private patients prepared to pay thousands of pounds for IVF treatment by the NHS.
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Scotsman on 26th Dec 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
A growing number of patients are choosing private hospitals for their NHS treatment, latest figures from the Department of Health show, as the government's much-vaunted 'choice' agenda finally takes off
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FT on 25th Oct 2009 (via traxfer.ft.com)
Telegraph View: The Care Quality Commission's report reveals that elderly patients in half of all NHS hospitals are not being looked after because of a lack of "kindness and compassion".
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Telegraph on 13th Oct 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Fewer patients paid out of their own pocket for private hospital treatment last year as NHS waiting times fell and the economy began to falter
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FT on 28th Oct 2008 (via ft.com)
Half of NHS patients forced to complain about their treatment are likely to receive an "inadequate response", a watchdog survey has suggested.
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PoliticsCoUk on 16th Feb 2009 (via politics.co.uk)
Good news in the NHS, where patients will be allowed to top-up their free treatment by paying for drugs the NHS won’t fund. Previously patients who chose to go private would be denied any NHS treatment. If the extra they found for treatments the NHS couldn’t afford wasn’t enough to cover the whole cost of
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TheSecretPerson on 5th Nov 2008 (via secretperson.wordpress.com)
How many health tourists have sued the NHS for poor quality treatment over the years!?! Does the NHS ensure that litigants were entitled to free NHS treatment before paying compensation?
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NotProudOfBritain on 12th Sep 2008 (via notproudofbritain.blogspot.com)
Patients have told how they have struggled even to get on NHS waiting lists, forcing them to endure lengthy delays for treatment or to go private, as managers ration treatment to save money.
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Telegraph on 29th Jul 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Moves to allow public and private hospitals to compete on price for the treatment of NHS patients will 'potentially endanger patients' lives', a leading health economist has warned
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FT on 7th Jan 2011 (via ft.com)
Patients to conduct tests at home under remote supervision of NHS staff in bid to free up hospitals, David Cameron reveals.
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Telegraph on 5th Dec 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
