Bristolians Answer: Would you ever go away to get a procedure?
As news of botched surgery abroad becomes more frequent, how likely would you be to get a procedure done away from home if it saved you money? How worried are you about the strain on the NHS amid this rising trend? Do you think the news of when things go wrong is enough of a deterrent?
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00:00How likely are you to have a procedure done away from home if it saved you money?
00:05I don't think I would. I think I'd be too worried about it going wrong.
00:14I think I'd be too concerned about any implications afterwards.
00:19So it's not something that's on my radar at all.
00:23Very unlikely because I've seen a lot of the...
00:26Well, I think I'd be unlikely to have surgery anyway,
00:28but I've seen a lot of the videos about people really struggling afterwards
00:33and I just don't think it's worth it to go abroad, even if it is cheaper,
00:37because it's going to affect your health at the end of the day, isn't it?
00:40I mean, obviously, the NHS is about healthcare for all,
00:44regardless of what the scenario was that got you into that situation in the first place.
00:50So I don't think you would be able to say it's not for you
00:54because you found yourself in this position because you did X rather than Y.