Patients paying £550 an hour to see private GPs amid NHS frustrations
by Sarah Marsh and Denis Campbell from on (#6BT91)
Signs that NHS's inability to offer prompt care is creating surge in people resorting to private care
Patients are paying up to 550 an hour to see private GPs amid frustration at the delays many face getting an appointment with an NHS family doctor.
Growing numbers of paid-for GP services are opening up across Britain, in the latest sign of how the NHS's inability to offer prompt care is creating a surge in people resorting to private healthcare.
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