article_snippet: All of these procedures are deemed ‘non-urgent’ on the NHS and so have long waiting times or are no longer offered at all.
article_snippet: Ugur Samut, chief executive of Medigo, said the number of queries for all types of treatment had trebled in the past six months.
article_snippet: We believe demand has increased recently due to longer waiting lists and postcode lotteries for some procedures on the NHS.
article_snippet: Barry Wilson, 60, from Birmingham, went to a private clinic in Poland last July for cataract surgery after being told He would have to wait eight months on the NHS.
article_snippet: Nonetheless, hospital waiting lists in England are at a six-year high, with almost 12,000 patients facing delays of at least six months for routine operations.