but surely it would be proportionate -get rid of private health patients accounting currently forms 10% of appointments/surgery (for the sake of the argument ) then surely that 10% expunged from the private sector would have to be dealt with in the NHS so surely there would be 10% more patients added to the list ?
less private work = more NHS work?
I'm not saying private work should be banned but if someone spent more time doing the NHS work and less doing private work then the NHS waiting list and time would reduce while the private waiting time would increase.
I do actually know someone recently who couldn't even get on an NHS waiting list until they 1st saw / did XYZ but then couldn't get an appointment for XYZ so they then never appeared on a waiting list so it makes the official waiting list figures look better than they actually are.
There were in so much pain that someone suggested going private, they looked on the internet and found out what the typical price and waiting time was.
Consultation done and agreed to the procedure however the price was about 50% higher than anticipated and when it came to it instead of waiting 6 weeks it was more like 12
Basically the NHS waiting times have shot up so much that more and more people are now being forced into going private if they have the money to do so resulting in the private waiting times extending.
As a result the private sector have increased the price both to make more money as it's in demand but it will also have the effect of putting some people off which stops the waiting times extending too far, basic supply and demand economics
