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Medical negligence news In Medical tourism and overseas treatment
How medical tourism lost its way...and how it can get back on track
Ian Youngman from IMTJ highlights the confusion in the medical tourism sector about what the business is all about. Back to front marketing, a focus on low cost, and misguided business strategy has meant that many businesses have been and gone. Learning from the travel trade, embracing marketing not sales and focusing on the customer experience might just turn things around.
Created: 04/03/2011
Categories: Medical tourism and overseas treatment
Michelmores comment on death of British woman after illegal silicone "butt-boost" injection in US hotel
US police are investigating the death of a British woman who died after she had a silicone injection in her buttocks at a hotel in Philadelphia.
Created: 11/02/2011
Categories: Cosmetic surgery, Medical tourism and overseas treatment
IMTJ report: EU cross border healthcare - the NHS perspective
Rob Dickman works within the Policy and Strategy Directorate of the UK Department of Health and manages policy for the Department of Health on cross border healthcare for the EU and EEA (European Economic Area which includes Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway). Caroline Ratner from IMTJ spoke to Rob about his involvement in the EU Directive on Cross Border Healthcare, and his views on implementation, the likely time scale and how it might work in practice.
Created: 13/12/2010
Categories: Medical tourism and overseas treatment
Baby death scandal at Xcell stem-cell centre in Düsseldof where large numbers of UK patients treated
Europe's largest stem cell clinic which treats hundreds of British patients a year is at the centre of a scandal following the death of an 18-month-old baby who was given a controversial injection in the brain, it can be revealed.
Created: 29/10/2010
Categories: Medical tourism and overseas treatment
Stem cell law loopholes allow XCell-Center to operate in Germany
The XCell-Center, which would be banned in the UK, has been able to thrive in Germany due to a legal loophole about to be closed under new European legislation.
Created: 29/10/2010
Categories: Medical tourism and overseas treatment
Sunday Telegraph 15 August report: medical tourism costs under the microscope
One in 20 people have recently had a medical or dental procedure outside Britain – or are planning one.
Created: 18/08/2010
Categories: Medical tourism and overseas treatment
Coventry Telegraph - Holidaymakers' dental warning
Holidaymakers should be wary of being sold dental services while abroad, according to Leamington dentist Roy Dixon.
Created: 18/08/2010
Categories: Medical tourism and overseas treatment
Transplant tourism risks outlined by experts at international congress
Transplant tourism carries risks, doctors say
Created: 18/08/2010
Categories: Medical tourism and overseas treatment
IMTJ reports on growth of medical tourism for bariatric/weight loss surgery
Opportunities growing in weight loss tourism
Created: 11/08/2010
Categories: Medical tourism and overseas treatment
Decrease in antibiotics' efficiency due to global spread of drug-resistant bacteria could be fuelled by growth in medical tourism to India
International travel and medical tourism have led to the rapid, global spread of drug-resistant bacteria that may presage the end of antibiotics and leave doctors struggling to treat infected patients, scientists warn today.
Created: 11/08/2010
Categories: Medical tourism and overseas treatment
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