Healthwatch offers (yet) more evidence of the emergence (actually, the engineering) of a two tier health system, with increased use of the private secure (by those who can afford it) to avoid long(er) waiting lists for treatment.

As I've note before, successive health secretaries (and Govt.s) have engineered a crisis in the NHS with the intent of expanding the cherry-picking of treatment by private providers.

This isn't a policy bug, its a feature!

#NHS #health
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4892…

Fears of two-tier health system as more turn to private health, says watchdog

The patient watchdog warns of two-tier service as polling shows numbers paying for care is on the rise.

^{Nick Triggle (BBC News)}