In the final article in our series on private hospitals, Angela Faherty looks at the factors providers consider when pricing different treatments
As the Government continues to shout about the importance of the NHS and free health care services for all, there is one factor that is continually brought to the fore. Cost. Each year, the Government continues to plough money into the service in the hope that waiting lists will fall and that the NHS will eventually become an exemplary public offering and the model to which all other public healthcare services should aspire. As a result, there has been a split in public perception and an almost unnecessary battle between the public and private healthcare sectors. However, this is chan...
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