Tonight (1999)

Season 25: Episode 11

7,000,000 on the NHS waiting list means 7,000,000 stories of fading health, pain, and the fear that treatment may come too late - as experts warn of a deadly toll, record numbers have turned to private healthcare both here and abroad. ITV's Health Editor Emily Morgan meets some of those selling homes, taking loans, and fundraising in order to buy back their health.