Activity is going back up

By Douglas Shepherd

Hopes are high that latest figures will confirm escalating growth in private healthcare activity levels over recent weeks, ahead of the wider return to work of independent practitioners this month.

An important milestone was passed for the first time since the pandemic with the UK’s official clearing organisation for private medical bills reporting insurer-funded healthcare reached 58% of 2019 activity levels in July.

This compared with 47% in June and only 29% in May as more patients were able to access the investigations and treatment they needed.

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