NHS patients will be given the right to free medical treatment anywhere in Europe under a new blueprint for "health tourism". The move, which will apply to all European union members, is designed to give patients greater freedom and ease congestion in countries that have long waiting lists for operations.
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Now we can all be NHS health tourists and shop around EU for best treatment - Daily Mail 1st July 2008
EU plans cross-border healthcare - BBC Health News 1st July 2008
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Health Minister Andy Burnham today welcomed the extension of patient choice across the NHS. In Europe, Mr Burnham was officially launching the extended choice network - a new extended list of hospitals and clinics that NHS patients can choose from when referred for treatment by their GP.
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