People paying for operations up by third since Covid pandemic

People paying for operations up by third since Covid pandemic The number of people paying privately for operations and treatments in the UK has risen by more than a third since the pandemic started, figures show.

Last year 272,000 used their own money to pay for treatments, such as knee or eye surgery - up from 199,000 in 2019.

The NHS backlog has been blamed for the trend, with some of the treatments costing more than £15,000.

But there does appear to have been a shift away from private insurance driven by the cost of living crisis. BBC News