The private healthcare industry is booming, and with the fallout of the NHS pushing people into the private sector, there is no sign of this trend slowing down anytime soon.
When a small lump appeared under her 14-year-old daughter’s armpit last month, Bridget Geehan didn’t suspect anything sinister but still wanted it checked. Using an app on her phone she booked a private GP video appointment for that same morning.
Just one in 350 of the long-waiting patients across England have benefitted from the government’s flagship policy to tackle the NHS backlog, LBC can reveal.
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