Britons taking advantage of  faster and cheaper treatments have risen to 30% per annum. In 2007, 70,000 people choose to have cosmetic surgery or elective medical treatments overseas.  Based on the Post Office research over 25,000 people put themselves at risk last year by failing to take out adequate insurance coverages.

According to the survey, almost one in five respondents say that they need to check their current policies. Six per cent of them said that additional periods of hospitalization were needed, thereby pushing for a clear policy review if coverage was indeed possible.