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Medical tourism : Press articles

UK newspaper articles on medical tourism
Medical tourism has attracted a great deal of attention in the UK press. If you are considering going abroad for surgery or treatment then you may find these articles on medical tourism of interest.
 
Several of them contain "real life" stories of people who have chosen to travel abroad for services such as orthopaedic surgery, cosmetic surgery, dentistry and infertility treatment.
 
Daily Telegraph11 January 2008
'I flew to Hungary to have my teeth fixed.'Mail on Sunday13 January 2008
Patients cutting costs by going abroad Independent11 January 2008
Sunday Telegraph25 November 2007
'Too fat' woman gets op overseas  BBC19 November 2007
Daily Telegraph5 November 2007
Sunday Telegraph3 November 2007
Record numbers go abroad for health treatment with 70,000 escaping NHSDaily Mail29 October 2007
70,000 Brits have ops overseasThe Sun29 October 2007
Sunday Telegraph
29 October 2007
Sunday Telegraph
29 October 2007
Sunday Telegraph
29 October 2007
Sunday Telegraph
29 October 2007
Daily Telegraph22 October 2007
Long distance surgery is a snipThe Tiimes13 October 2007
Medical tourism set to change US health careNewsReleaseWire.com30 September 2007
Packing dental treatment with tourismThe Hindu Business 24 September 2007
Go abroad for medical careMiami Herald24 September 2007
Patients prefer Treatment AbroadGulf News24 September 2007
The Observer
23 September 2007
Mail on Sunday
26 August 2007
Sunday Times
26 August 2007
BBC
30 July 07
Financial Times
22 June 2007
Sunday Times
27 May 2007
The Independent
14 May 2007
The Guardian
18 April 2007
BBC News
18 April 2007
Daily Mirror
18 April 2007
Daily Telegraph
18 April 2007
The Daily Mail
17 April 2007
The Daily Mail
14 April 2007
The FT
14 April 2007
The Guardian
4 March 2007
The Scotsman 14 Jan 2007
BBC News12 December 2006
Have sickness, must travelSunday Times3 December 2006
The Guardian24 October 2006
The international health service: plan to give British patients the right to treatment abroad The Independent7 September 2006
Sunday Times6 August 2006
Patients could be reimbursed for surgery abroadThe Guardian16 May 2006
Delayed NHS patients can have operations abroad, court rulesThe Times16 May 2006
NHS may have to pay for surgery abroadDaily Telegraph16 May 2006
NHS patients can reclaim private costsDaily Mail16 May 2006
Postcards from the knife edge
Daily Telegraph
6 May 2006
The international health service: is medical tourism ethical?
The Independent
2 May 2006
Have teeth, will travelThe Times20 March 2006
Health tourists sign up for sun, sea and surgeryThe Independent26 February 2006
New rush to foreign hospitalsSunday Times19 February 2006
The Independent
11 September 2005
Daily Telegraph
27 August 2005
Sunday Herald
 17 July 2005
Irwin Mitchell - Press Release
 27 June 2005
Daily Mail
26 May 2005
Daily Mail
14 May 2005
Healthcare Management (India)
15 March 2005
Guardian
1 February 2005

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We provide an enquiry service for information or quotations from up to three hospitals abroad. We also have a dedicated web site, Treatment Abroad, for people interested in surgery abroad, cosmetic surgery abroad, dentistry abroad and infertility treatment abroad.