Well we work for our private medical treatment, in fact we are paying for a DEXA scan for my wife - £230, who will walk away with a written report to hand to her back surgeon a couple of hours later.

The waiting time to have this done on the NHS is 4-6 weeks - which is after collecting "the form" from the NHS hospital, completing it, returning it and then waiting for them to notify you the appointment time - without any regard to whether that time is convenient!