Tag: operations

Patients spend a record £1BILLION on private operations

Patients spend a record £1.1BILLION on private healthcare to avoid soaring NHS waiting times which leave them ‘let down and suffering’ People spent 75 per cent more on private medical treatment in 2017 than 2012    Knee and hip ops, cataracts and cancer treatment were the most common The data comes from an analysis by market

Operations become life-threatening due to resistance to antibiotics

Common operations including caesarean sections and hip replacements could become LETHAL due to growing resistance to antibiotics, health officials warn Public Health England said cases of antibiotic-resistant blood infections on rise Crisis is getting worse amid growing concerns that drugs are losing their power Figures revealed there were 16,504 cases where antibiotics didn’t work last