Long waits for surgery mean more people are using savings or loans to pay for private treatment.
BBC Scotland
Within months Linda went from living with the "bearable" pain in her right hip to being unable to comfortably move more than 100 yards. The Kaunas clinic that treated Linda said it sees about 10 people a month from Scotland and more from across the UK.Douglas Currie, 77, opted to go private for his cataracts operation when faced with a lengthy wait on the NHS
He said: "I started work when I was 15 and retired when I was 60 so it's been a long time I've been paying National Insurance contributions and tax. This was in stark contrast with the four months from diagnosis to operation when the other hip was replaced by the NHS in 2008.Mr Thompson said: "I had a few pounds saved, entering into my retirement, but not that much that I could afford to just pay £12,000 straight out the bank. So we decided that the best way to tackle this was to take a loan.
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