NHS privatization continues

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Not been reported that much but an NHS hospital is charging four figure sums for hip replacements, hip resurfacing and knee replacement, among other procedures: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-hospital-demands-18k-hip-16544619

Patients will only get free treatment if they meet certain criteria, including how severe their ­condition is. It means many will have to wait in pain while they get worse before surgeons will act...

The list of 71 ­treatments – ­recategorised as ­Procedures of Low Clinical Priority – has sparked fury, with 50 people protesting on Tuesday.