Clinics in Lithuania are cashing in on the thousands of Brits on NHS & Private waiting lists. Emily Morgan meets some of those in pain, and with their lives on hold, who have flown 1000 miles for the surgery they desperately need. Buy Back Your Health? NHS vs Private 8.30pm

Cancer waiting times are at an all time high with clinicians including Professor Pat Price warning of thousands of lives at risk from delays in treatment. Emily Morgan reports on the patients desperate to buy back their lives in

#ITVTonight Buy Back Your Health? NHS vs Private 8.30pm

Dairy farmer Winston Baldwin waited so long for a triple hernia operation that he is now inoperable and in a care home, far from the farm he loves. Sadly for him, the years waiting mean it’s too late to buy back his health. Emily Morgan reports tonight 8.30 #ITVTonight

'I'm buying back my life': Desperate NHS patients forced to seek private healthcare

Read my article on how the waiting list is driving people away 👇👇 itv.com/news/2023-03-2…

Tonight I report on the huge numbers of patients turning their backs on the NHS and going private. We speak to people in so much pain they’re raising funds to even fly abroad for treatment #ITVTonight But Back Your Health? NHS vs Private 8.30pm

Powerful report from Emily Morgan leads the ITV early evening news with dramatic footage from south east Pakistan where much of the country is still under water after last year's flooding. 'Climate change is a reality here.' #IPCC #PakistanFloods #ClimateEmergency ITV News

Chancellor increases NHS funding by £3.7b… well short of the £7b that is said to be needed to cover inflationary costs

Chancellor bumps reform of social care for another 2 years but increases grants to help with discharges to £1b next yr & £1.7b year after

Couple of bits that sneaked into the statement.. free hospital parking will be scrapped for NHS workers & visitors to social care settings, prisons and hospital won’t have to test anymore..

My one question is what is the definition of high prevalence? Is prevalence high now? Will some NHS staff get free tests from Friday? Or are Covid rates not high enough yet?

Free symptomatic testing will continue for patients in hospital, those eligible for Covid treatments & those working in high risk settings, like Nhs, social care and prisons

This is extraordinarily good news

Is this the right time to relax Covid restrictions? And can we still track future variants effectively?

Our Health Editor Emily Morgan and Science Editor Deborah Cohen tell Faye Barker what you need to know.

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