Health Tourism

Golden Goose or Lame Duck?

Keith Pollard, Managing Director

Golden goose?

• “One million medical tourists flocking to India”

• “Bumrungrad attracts more than 400,000 foreign patients each year”

• “Philippines is set to cash in on the $3-trillion global medical tourism market”

There’s gold in them there hills!

• “50 million Americans with no

health insurance”

• “6 million Americans seeking

care abroad”

• “35% growth in medical

tourism each year”

• “23 million Americans will

travel overseas for treatment

by 2017”

The medical tourism gold rush

UK

USAGermany

Come to.......

South Africa

Jordan

IsraelGuatemala

Costa Rica

Lithuania

S Korea

Mauritius

ThailandIndia

Hungary

Spain

Brazil

Poland

Turkey

The reality

Source: International Passenger Survey

UK patients going abroad

Source: Treatment Abroad

Medical Tourism Survey 2012

UK patients going abroad

Source: Treatment Abroad

Medical Tourism Survey 2012

Is the NHS the “Golden Goose”

NHS operations and

waiting time:

December 2011

Lame ducks

Lame ducks (and

people!).......

• Don’t like travelling

• Want healthcare on

their doorstep

Where are the golden geese?

The other side of the picture

Golden geese

Cleveland Clinic, USA

Cromwell Hospital,

London

Klinikum Stuttgart

Lame ducks....Dubai

70 per cent of UAE residents

would seek medical treatment

overseas

Lame ducks.... Las Vegas

“Where do you go for great

health care in Las Vegas?”

“The airport…...”

Barriers to overcome

Patient awareness

The fear factor

Joined up healthcare

Protectionism

EU Directive