Desperate patients ‘beg for their lives’ through crowdfunding sites after NHS refuses treatment
Harry Worrell, bottom right, pictured with his family, requires treatment not available on the NHS [Image: Sunday Mirror].
With his version of the National Health Service in England turning down treatment, people are already working out how to raise money to buy it, admittedly, abroad.
Jeremy won’t be worried, though.
When he finally manages to fully privatise healthcare here in the UK, people will know how to raise money and won’t need to travel as far for the appallingly expensive treatments he intends it to offer. So he can market it as a money-saver. Bonus!
Thousands of patients are turning to crowdfunding sites to raise cash for treatments turned down by the NHS .
JustGiving has seen a huge spike in the number of online fundraising pages set up for treatment abroad – up from just 304 in 2015 to 2,348 last year.
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There are sometimes good reasons why the NHS refuses treatment, it may not be suitable, although the would be patient or their parents has read somewhere that is it. The Hospital local to the would be patient has no surgeons qualified to carry out the procedure, or the CCG will not fund the treatment at another Hospital, for a myriad of reasons.. This however does not mean the NHS is not underfunded, but that the post code lottery isn’t only down to money.
Good points. However, the fact that crowdfunding sites have experienced a huge increase in patient crowdfunding bids since the NHS has been in financial crisis indicates lack of funds is the most likely reason. Occam’s Razor?