Health Tourism

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    Going to hospital? Get your passport ready

    New government guidelines could require patients to show their passports at hospitals in a bid to tackle health tourism. New charges were introduced last week for overseas visitors and migrants who use NHS hospital services in England. The

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    Are 'health tourists' really that big a deal?

    For anyone who has struggled to get an appointment with the GP or had to wait hours to be seen in A&E the idea of cracking down on Britain's 'health tourists' seems like a way to unburden a seriously overburdened system.

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    Up to 23k Brits travel abroad for dental treatment

    Getty New figures show that, last year, up to 23,000 Britons travelled abroad for dental treatment - almost four times more than a decade ago. The Sunday Express reports that most patients travelled to Eastern Europe, especially Hungary, for

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