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New doctors cost lives, but can healthcare statistics help patients make better choices?
In the largest ever study of hospital mortality rates published in the UK, death rates for emergency patients jump 6 per cent when newly...
How trustworthy are services bought online in world of medical tourism?
One of the criticisms of buying services via the web is that you cannot always be sure with whom you are actually dealing. This...
The Irish Dental Association publishes a survey raising doubts on medical tourism
The Irish Dental Association is the most recent medical professionals body to publish a "survey" raising doubts about medical tourism.
The Irish Dental Association is...
Keith Pollard talks on upswing of IVF clinics in Europe
At Treatment Abroad, we've seen increasing interest from IVF clinics abroad that are experiencing significant growth in patient numbers from the UK and other...
What can we learn from the Clydebank failure?
Back in the mid 1990's, before someone, somewhere coined the term medical tourism, I was a UK Marketing Director with an American owned hospital...
Does the NHS offering choice of hospitals provide lessons for medical tourism
In the UK, "patient choice" is one of the driving forces in healthcare. Since April 2008, patient choice has been extended in the UK....
Medical tourism or medical travel?
I just read Constantine Constantinides informative and latest missive on medical tourism. Constantine runs Healthcare Cybernetics and is one of the “wise heads” of...
A recent conference in Budapest highlighted challenges of the recession
The recent European Congress on Health Tourism in Budapest reflected some of the current issues and challenges facing the medical tourism industry, particularly those...
A woman from Wales is seeking a case against a Belgian clinic in the...
A woman from Wales who underwent cosmetic surgery in Belgium is bringing a test case against the Belgian clinic in the UK courts.
A woman...
NHS employs more staff now than at any point
The UK Department of Health today released it's latest update on NHS staff numbers. It reflects the investment that the UK has been putting...
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