If patients wait more than 18 weeks they can demand private hospital

If patients wait more than 18 weeks they can demand private hospital:

Health secretary Andrew Lansley looks set to announce that patients can demand to be treated privately if they have to wait more than 18 weeks for NHS care.
In addition, patients who are told they have cancer will be given a legal right to demand a consultation with an alternative provider if they have to wait more than two weeks on the NHS.
Mr Lansley said: “In the last year the NHS has reduced the n...Healthcare Today