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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
from what I have read, it seems that the NHS wants to export the expertise that is found in some centres of excellence(the Royal Marsden, and GOSH being two quoted).....I can't see how this is possible, without taking those with the expertise out of the services in this country.
The NHS would be far better at concentrating on getting the money for treatment from those who should be paying for it, because they are not eligible for free treatment.
Or running private services in NHS sites(I shudder at this thought, because I hate private care) at least if this option were employed the medical specialists would be here in this country rather than in China or Saudi.
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Margaret have you any idea (I ask, because I have no idea) how much the NHS would get from people who are not eligible for free treatment? And who are these people and why, if they are supposed to pay, has the NHS not obtained the money?
It seems that these hospitals which might be established abroad would be funded from private healthcare revenue at the UK parent hospital. As senior doctors routinely seem to do at least some private practice I can't see that it would be any different if they did that abroad rather than here.
I looked at the Moorfields Dubai website and it says that many of their staff trained at Moorfields UK - surely it would not be possible for all graduates to find posts there so there has to be some scope for some of them moving overseas, possibly back to their home countries?