Health Insurance – Private Worries

Health insurance shouldn't be a necessity in the UK, but patients are prioritising health insurance after unpleasant experiences in NHS hospitals. When you're ill and at your most vulnerable, you want to make sure you're well looked-after, with dignity and privacy. But as one man's story revealed in the Telegraph newspaper, UK hospitals don't always deliver the best service – which is why more people are turning to health insurance and private hospital care.

Health Insurance: A Tale of Two Hospitals

John Collyer wrote a story in the Telegraph newspaper after experiencing vastly different treatment for a fractured hip. At the age of 67 he suffered the same injury on his left and then his right hip, and on one occasion received NHS treatment and on the other he was treated by the French health service. What he discovered is how superior the French health care was to the NHS. It's no wonder as more people's stories emerge, that patients are turning to health insurance and private health care.

Health Insurance Determines Quality of Treatment

By opting for comprehensive health insurance for you and your family you can ensure you receive high quality medical attention. For John Collyer his experience of the NHS was dismal. Although he said the drugs were the same, the differing treatment raises huge questions on the failings of the NHS. He wrote in the Telegraph: “I was on a mixed sex ward. Four men were in a curtained-off section, although women were clearly visible, as the curtains of their cubicles were often left open. The ward was filthy, with a dirty lavatory that was never properly cleaned.”

Health Insurance: Privacy and Dignity

Taking out comprehensive health insurance ensures privacy and dignity in private hospitals. In France, after unfortunately falling after a ladder, Mr Collyer noted that the ambulance speed, pain management and medical attention were far superior to that of the NHS. He was operated on immediately, despite it being a holiday weekend. Hygiene, privacy and patient dignity was also taken very seriously. It's no wonder more patients are opting for health insurance to receive such treatment from private hospitals rather than face the often uncomfortable, and in some cases traumatic experiences of NHS wards.

Benefits of a Europe Health Insurance Card

Taking out health insurance can ensure you receive the best treatment. In France, Mr Collyer said in the Telegraph article: “The food was tasty and varied (in London, I was never given what I requested because it had always ''run out"). On Sunday in France you even got a half bottle of wine with your meal. In France, the patient's ongoing care and individual well-being was paramount.”
His health service in France was a result of his Europe Health Insurance Card. And his experiences echo those of many – which is why more people in the UK are opting for health insurance.

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