It already houses a cash machine for staff and
even a shop for visitors from across the globe.
Now it’s been revealed that
Buckingham Palace is also home to a National Health Service doctor’s
surgery
for members of the royal household, one which is receiving a level of
funding almost double that available to patients across the rest of
Britain.
In a disclosure which has provoked a backlash from members of the medical establishment,
it’s been revealed that the exclusive surgery for members of the royal
household received funding to the equivalent of £113 per patient.
In contrast, the state is paying around £63 per NHS patient in doctors surgeries
across the country.
What has now been dubbed a "Rolls Royce" service for royal staff has also been
attacked due to the fact so many small surgeries up and down Britain are being
closed due to a lack of funding.
The Palace surgery, which is run by the Queen’s own doctor, Timothy Evans,
is run in such a way as to automatically exclude outsiders from being able to
put their names on the list for treatment.
With the rules stating that all G.Ps surgeries must accept patients in a certain catchment
area, the Palace has decreed that its catchment area consists of no further
than the outer gates of the monarch’s London home.
