The National Health Service is one of the finest health care providing organisations in the world. However, in recent years the drain on its resources has increased dramatically and the issue of funding the NHS has become a dominant topic of discussion in political circles.

National press and television coverage has helped to highlight the problems involved in providing the highest levels of medical care with tight constraints on expenditure. Waiting lists of 18 months or more for treatment of certain conditions has become the norm and thousands of patients are having to suffer for intolerably long periods as a result.

United Patients has access to a database containing all the NHS Trust hospitals and, once a member has been given a date for treatment, United Patients can scan the database to locate a hospital where the treatment may be available sooner. Why wait 18 months for a hip-replacement when the operation could be carried out elsewhere in the country within 3 months? This is another service provided exclusively for the use of members and their families, free of charge, and helps to utilise the facilities of the NHS more efficiently.

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