Women on gynaecological waiting lists and orthopaedics patients are among those who will be offered treatment privately.

The ACT health system narrowly missed its elective surgery target as the latest data has shown nearly one-third of patients ...

Labour NHS reforms mean that people waiting for an operation will only be given a date if they have been assessed as ‘fit to ...

Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux is expected to undergo elective hip replacement surgery on Friday. According to a news release ...

New surgical and anaesthetic techniques are enabling patients to walk within hours of surgery and return home sooner, with ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has set out plans to fight waste in the NHS by cutting more than a million “pointless ...

Medicare does not cover LASIK surgery, as it considers the procedure elective. This is because people can opt for glasses or contact lenses instead of having surgery. LASIK eye surgery is a ...

A weight-loss surgery patient has died due to a series of "failures" by a hospital to treat complications that arose from a ...

Gov. Jim Pillen’s elective surgery to repair his seven broken ribs with metal plating should speed his recovery and help him ...

More NHS patients who need elective care will be able to decide where they are treated under Government plans to slash ...

Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux is expected to undergo elective hip replacement surgery on Friday. According to a news release from Communications Director Leigh-Anne Evensky, the mayor has ...