Private Healthcare Question - How to avoid NHS

[expat]

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I would have thought the duke of Edinburgh being taken by helicopter over the top of several closer A & E's to one of the few that are decent at this would tell you all you need to know.
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With respect, although you probably mean to suggest that reason was that the closer A & Es are rubbish, it might be that the one selected was better equipped in a non-medical sense to handle a top VIP?

[doodab]

With respect, although you probably mean to suggest that reason was that the closer A & Es are rubbish, it might be that the one selected was better equipped in a non-medical sense to handle a top VIP?

Few hospitals can boast a well stocked drinks cabinet these days

[Eirikur]

If you're in an ambulance you don't get a say

Actually you have (as long as your conscious) I mentioned I had private insurance, they checked with the local private hospital if they could deal with my case, they said yes and was delivered to my local private hospital.