Should the UK government pay for surgeries done abroad as a result of long wait times? This patient is in court to answer that question:
Osteoporosis sufferer Yvonne Watts, 74, from Bedfordshire, spent almost £4,000 on surgery in France in 2003 to avoid a year-long wait in the UK.
She later won a High Court case stating the NHS should pay for treatment abroad where a wait is unacceptable, but her local NHS Trust was not forced to pay.
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