NHS hospitals accused of 'disgraceful privatisation' for charging £18,000 for hip replacements An NHS hospital trust has cancelled a scheme allowing patients to pay to be added to its waiting list.
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had been accused of 'disgraceful' privatisation for trying to charge £18,000 for hip replacements.
Rationing means the thresholds for some operations have grown higher and people may be expected to live with severe pain before qualifying to get the ops for free.
But the hospital trust, near Liverpool, had a price list on its website offering paying customers various operations which they didn't qualify for. The Daily Mail
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