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THE Scottish NHS has spent more than ?70 million sending patients for treatment in the private sector in the past two years, new figures show.
Massive variation in the amount paid by different health boards has been exposed by the data obtained using the Freedom of Information Act (FoI).
Health boards tend to send patients to private hospitals for procedures when they are struggling to treat them within official waiting times guarantees.
The bill for private-sector use came to light days after a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service hearing found a surgeon who treated NHS patients at a private hospital in Glasgow failed to provide "good clinical care".
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/nhs-scotland-spent-70m-to-send-patients-private.20546489
Massive variation in the amount paid by different health boards has been exposed by the data obtained using the Freedom of Information Act (FoI).
Health boards tend to send patients to private hospitals for procedures when they are struggling to treat them within official waiting times guarantees.
The bill for private-sector use came to light days after a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service hearing found a surgeon who treated NHS patients at a private hospital in Glasgow failed to provide "good clinical care".
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/nhs-scotland-spent-70m-to-send-patients-private.20546489