The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) has called revelations of NHS Trusts using cost cutting tactics that result in patients dying or force them into private treatment as "a cynical approach" and "regrettable".
The NHS Co-operation & Competition Panel (CCP) has raised concerns over the tactics employed by some NHS Primary Care Trusts in delaying operations to save money. This approach was condemned by AMII but the organisation also acknowledged that it may result in more people being driven to seek private medical insurance (PMI). Andrew Tripp, chairman of AMII, said: "The medical and insurance communities need and do work together but the suggestion that such a cynical approach - for example, imposing 15 week minimum waiting times - is being employed by cash strapped Trusts to save money wi...
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