Full story in the Metro, 11 July 2018.
Since 2016, the number of people booking private counselling sessions has increased by 65%, and over three-quarters of patients revealed that they went private because NHS waiting lists are too long.
The survey from online services marketplace Bark.com shows that 77% of people who booked in with a private counsellor did so because they didn’t want to be stuck on a long waiting list, while 30% of those polled said that they didn’t trust the service the NHS provides.
Only 17% said that they always book health services privately, meaning that the remaining 83% would probably have chosen the NHS if they felt more confident in the service they’d be receiving.