With the NHS in a state of turmoil, Lucy Quinton explores the benefits of private medical insurance, and how important it is for the future health of the UK public.
On the verge of retirement, the baby boom generation is set to impose an irrevocable strain on the NHS in the UK. Already on its knees from an historic lack of funding and poor management, is it any wonder that people are having to seriously consider taking out private medical insurance (PMI)? News in the mainstream media over the past 18 months has documented the appalling state of some hospitals in the UK, and the ramifications of this. Funding that is quoted as being poured into the NHS is not reaching its intended destination in the system, resulting in unhygienic wards and a lack of n...
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