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Press Releases

HIP OP ‘N’ HAPPENING

Cheaper and quicker isn’t always best, but if you’re searching for an alternative to the Health system here in the UK, it most certainly is.
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Operation France is perfect cure for UK healthcare needs

With more and more Brits joining the worldwide trend of ‘medical tourism’ and opting to travel abroad for private surgery rather than wait for NHS treatment, new Welsh private healthcare agent Operation France believes it has the perfect healthcare solution. The company specialises in arranging tailor made stress free private healthcare packages to UK residents seeking top quality private medical treatment abroad but at a reduced cost.
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News Articles

270,000 join wait list

HOSPITAL waiting lists have reached a five-year high as the NHS faces an influx of new patients.
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Our journey to better health

“Can you get me some frogs legs for my husband, whilst I'm in the clinic?” was the all important question, as three patients from Northamptonshire were transported across the Channel for private medical treatment last week.
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The international health service: plan to give British patients the right to treatment abroad

Britons stand to gain new rights to seek health treatment abroad and then bill the National Health Service, under "health tourism" plans unveiled by the European Commission.
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Surgeons raise alarm over waiting

Surgeons say patients in some parts of England have spent months waiting in pain because of delayed operations or new restrictions on who qualifies for treatment.
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All I want for Christmas is ... a new hip

MOST people wish for a fancy watch or some expensive perfume at Christmas but for some the opportunity to get a new hip or knee is the perfect present.
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Have sickness, must travel

Fed up with NHS waiting lists, dirty hospitals and shoddy service, hundreds of British taxpayers are travelling to Europe and beyond for operations — often blowing their life savings. But does it pay off?
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Diary of a dancer's hip

Steve Morrall travelled to Clinique Sainte Isabelle on July 19 2006 for an operation to replace his right hip joint with a titanium cobalt prosthesis (Birmingham hip) due to osteoarthritis. His hip replacement was undertaken by Docteur Phillipe Renaux on Friday 21 July after which he spent the next 12 days in hospital under the superb care of the nursing staff at Ste Isabelle.
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