| For people seeking cosmetic or other types of | | | | St James Capua Hospital over 300 people from |
| private medical care a trip abroad is becoming an | | | | the UK receive treatment per year. |
| increasingly popular option. Prices are often | | | | All types of medical treatments can be found in |
| cheaper than the costs of private healthcare in | | | | the Malta. Total hip replacements and total knee |
| the UK and healthcare abroad is often performed | | | | replacements are particularly popular. Bilateral knee |
| by practitioners that are equally qualified to their | | | | and hip replacements are available as are hernia |
| UK based counterparts. Added to this there is the | | | | and varicose vein operations. Transurethral |
| likelihood that the person seeking medical care will | | | | resection of the prostate (TURP) and |
| be able to recuperate in a warmer climate. Many | | | | Hysterectomies are also performed regularly. The |
| of the people that seek medical treatment abroad | | | | treatments available also include eye surgery such |
| often find that they can cover the price of their | | | | as cataract removal and lens implants. Alongside |
| flight, treatment and a few nights in a hotel for | | | | these surgical procedures there are numerous |
| the same cost of private treatment in the UK. | | | | cosmetic options available. |
| Malta has become a very popular destination for | | | | The cosmetic surgery industry is thriving in Malta. |
| private medical treatment overseas. There is a | | | | Treatments are considerably cheaper than in the |
| consistent number of cheap flights from the UK | | | | UK and the option of recovering in good quality |
| to the small island in the Mediterranean has a large | | | | hotels and the Mediterranean sun is extremely |
| medical tourism industry. The island is heavily | | | | appealing. Treatments available include face lift, |
| populated and both English and Maltese are the | | | | neck lift, upper and lower eyelid, arm reduction, |
| duel national languages. It became a member of | | | | arm liposuction, tummy tuck, lipo sculpture, nose |
| the EU in 2004. Malta became part of the British | | | | job, breast augmentation and breast reduction. |
| Empire in 1814 and has had a closely related | | | | Flights generally cost around 150GBP for a return |
| history since. In the Second World War it was a | | | | and accommodation is often included in the price |
| very important territory as it was seen as the | | | | that the company that deliver the service offer. |
| gateway to the Suez Canal and Gibraltar. It was | | | | Often it will cost around 22GBP per night if you |
| an important battle station as it was close to Axis | | | | would like your partner to travel with you. The |
| patrolled waters. | | | | time in the country varies depending on the |
| As a result of being in the European Union EU | | | | treatment you are seeking but most treatments |
| nationals do not need a Visa to travel to Malta. It | | | | will take a week or two in the country. A |
| is an extremely popular holiday destination for | | | | complete cosmetic surgery package that includes |
| British holiday makers and increasingly people | | | | all food, accommodation and surgery will generally |
| seeking private treatment. The doctors and | | | | cost between 2000GBP and 4000GBP. Other |
| medical staff on the island are qualified to | | | | treatments range from 1500GBP for a unilateral |
| European standards and you will find that many of | | | | varicose veins treatment to 9000GBP for a |
| the surgeons have been trained in the UK. In the | | | | bilateral knee replacement. |