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A continuation of existing trends could see the total number of UK medical tourists in 2009-10 reaching 250,000. These are all privately paying patients, as the trend in the United Kingdom is towards more and more people prepared to pay for private care. Total British spend worldwide on trend for this year 2009-2010 is US$1,500 million. The amount spend by British medical tourists in Poland alone in 2008 was US$40 million(NewsWeek). Patients travel as far as India.

The Specialist treatment for which the British travel include:

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Jordan’s medical tourism industry enjoys growth

According to the latest figures issued by the Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation (JEDCO), Jordan's revenues from medical tourism sector in 2009 reached US$1.4 billion from more than 220,000 medical tourists who visited the Kingdom.

Tunisian medical tourism attracts 250,000 patients
In a survey published in the French edition of the January-February issue, “African Business” reports that 250, 000 foreign patients came to Tunisia in 2009 for treatment, including from Libya, Algeria and sub-Saharan Africa.

Germany: Medical tourism to Germany on the increase
According to a specialist German medical tourism conference of doctors and academics, Germany attracted 70,000 patients from other countries for in-patient treatment in 2009.

Mexico as a major destination for ‘Medical Tourism’
Medical tourism heads to Mexico

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London faces 'cuts to NHS care of £670 a head'
Londoners face the heaviest health cuts in the country of £673 per head, campaigners warned today.

Ageing gene found by scientists could be key to longer lifespans
Scientists have identified a genetic variant that appears to make some individuals age more quickly. They could be at increased risk from age-related diseases, and an unhealthy lifestyle could accelerate the process.

Cancer Patients To Be Offered Free Home Care
Every cancer patient in England will be offered free, one-to-one home care by specialist nurses if Labour wins the election, Gordon Brown is to pledge.

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