Health tourists jump queue for cataract operations on NHS as British patients wait up to eight months

Health tourists jump queue for cataract operations on NHS as British patients wait up to eight months Health tourists are being given cataract surgery on the NHS ahead of British patients because their conditions are considered more of a priority, it has emerged.

Hundreds of people from countries including Zimbabwe and Nigeria have been offered the eye operationsbefore UK taxpayers, official figures show.

They have been fast-tracked by medics as their conditions are said to be "very complex and urgent", while some hospitals have waiting times of almost eight months. The Daily Telegraph