Bupa and HCA UK to open breast cancer centres

Private medical insurance (PMI) provider Bupa is partnering with independent hospital service HCA Heathcare UK to open centres offering specialist breast cancer care. The initiative, which starts from January 2019 in London and Manchester, will allow patients to see a HCA UK consultant within two working days of contacting Bupa, with all initial diagnostic tests completed within a single appointment and same-day results often provided. If treatment is needed, it will be provided within 31 days of calling Bupa - less than half the time set out in national targets, the PMI provider said. ...