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NHS patients could be operated on in India to make huge savings for the health service, former Labour health secretary Patricia Hewitt said yesterday.
The scheme could also see NHS doctors being flown to India to treat locals in a bid to raise money for cash-strapped UK hospitals ? while cheaper Indian doctors come to the UK to perform operations.
It would involve NHS trusts going into business with private Indian healthcare firms.
Mrs Hewitt said there was a growing number of areas, including a range of cardiac procedures, where Indian doctors could deliver similar or better clinical outcomes at substantially lower costs than the NHS.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-sent-India-treat-locals-bid-raise-money.html
Whatever will they think of next? 🙄
The scheme could also see NHS doctors being flown to India to treat locals in a bid to raise money for cash-strapped UK hospitals ? while cheaper Indian doctors come to the UK to perform operations.
It would involve NHS trusts going into business with private Indian healthcare firms.
Mrs Hewitt said there was a growing number of areas, including a range of cardiac procedures, where Indian doctors could deliver similar or better clinical outcomes at substantially lower costs than the NHS.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-sent-India-treat-locals-bid-raise-money.html
Whatever will they think of next? 🙄