With medical tourism in full flow, new draft proposals are being tabled to allow UK residents to avail cross border dental treatment in the EU. The catch is that the bill would be sent to the NHS.
With medical tourism in full flow, new draft proposals are being tabled to allow UK residents to avail cross border dental treatment in the EU. The catch is that the bill would be sent to the NHS.
Most experts feel if this comes into force the National Health Service will become a 'European Health Service'. A poll has also shown that most NHS patients - 53% - are willing to travel within the EU to get dental work done.
About Medical Tourism
Medical tourism can be broadly defined as provision of 'cost effective' private medical care in collaboration with the tourism industry for patients needing surgical and other forms of specialized treatment.
Medical tourism can be broadly defined as provision of 'cost effective' private medical care in collaboration with the tourism industry for patients needing surgical and other forms of specialized treatment.
Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo's reaction was mixed, “This is a draft directive. It's far from clear that this will be the final version. We must do what we can to protect the finances of the NHS and ensure that everyone has fair access to treatment," she added.
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Medical Tourism � The Road Ahead
Medical Tourism has become a serious enterprise in India over the last two years. However some hospitals have been practicing it for quite a few years.
Medical Tourism has become a serious enterprise in India over the last two years. However some hospitals have been practicing it for quite a few years.
Cross-border Patients may Find Things Easier Under New EU Rules
Europeans will be able to get medical treatment elsewhere in the EU without prior authorisation, and get refunded, under draft rules which the European Commission will put forward this week.
Europeans will be able to get medical treatment elsewhere in the EU without prior authorisation, and get refunded, under draft rules which the European Commission will put forward this week.
Hospitals in Thailand Lure Patients from Middle East
The conversation buzzing over Fatima Rashid Al-Hemaidi sounds like a meeting of ambassadors -- her daughter speaking Arabic, the doctor Thai and English, and the translator a mix of all three.
The conversation buzzing over Fatima Rashid Al-Hemaidi sounds like a meeting of ambassadors -- her daughter speaking Arabic, the doctor Thai and English, and the translator a mix of all three.
