What's happening to self-pay in healthcare?
Consideration of self-pay healthcare is on the rise in the UK. The impact of COVID-19 is pushing many consumers to consider private alternatives to NHS treatment, including self-pay. Many not only view self-pay healthcare as beneficial to the NHS by alleviating pressure on it, but increasingly also consider it to be a viable option for their own treatment.
Partnering with The London Clinic, this report will re-evaluate the role of self-pay in the UK, looking at the shifting behaviours and attitudes towards self-pay, the drivers and barriers for patients, and how businesses can best support them.
Consideration of self-pay healthcare is on the rise in the UK. The impact of COVID-19 is pushing many consumers to consider private alternatives to NHS treatment, including self-pay. Many not only view self-pay healthcare as beneficial to the NHS by alleviating pressure on it, but increasingly also consider it to be a viable option for their own treatment.
Partnering with The London Clinic, this report will re-evaluate the role of self-pay in the UK, looking at the shifting behaviours and attitudes towards self-pay, the drivers and barriers for patients, and how businesses can best support them.
Consideration of self-pay healthcare is on the rise in the UK. The impact of COVID-19 is pushing many consumers to consider private alternatives to NHS treatment, including self-pay. Many not only view self-pay healthcare as beneficial to the NHS by alleviating pressure on it, but increasingly also consider it to be a viable option for their own treatment.
Partnering with The London Clinic, this report will re-evaluate the role of self-pay in the UK, looking at the shifting behaviours and attitudes towards self-pay, the drivers and barriers for patients, and how businesses can best support them.
Key Points
Self-pay healthcare is seen as an increasingly viable option for the average person in the UK.
Interest in self-pay is driven in part by long NHS waiting times which have been exacerbated by COVID-19.
Key areas where consumers consider the use of self-pay include dental health, orthopaedics and physiotherapy.
