Mills & Mills Medical Group, the leading Spanish healthcare facilitators for medical tourists has become the first clinic to receive accreditation under the new Code of Practice for Medical Tourism recently launched by Treatment Abroad.

The “Code of Practice for Medical Tourism”, the first of its kind in the industry, has been set up to encourage the adoption of best practice in medical tourism through the commitment of international healthcare providers to a voluntary code of practice.

David Mills of Mills & Mills Medical Group says “we are delighted to have met the standards set out in the code and to receive accreditation from the new Code of Practice for Medical Tourism. It has always been of paramount importance to us that our patients have access to as much impartial endorsement and information as possible about us as a facility and treatment provider”.

Medical tourism is growing rapidly throughout the world and by agreeing to adhere to a code of “best practice” healthcare providers are giving patients the reassurance and accountability that they need when making healthcare choices.

Keith Pollard of Treatment Abroad comments; “At a time when medical tourist numbers are rising rapidly, transparency and patient accountability are crucial to the continued success of this industry. Since launching the code we have had an excellent response from healthcare providers. There was clearly a need for self-regulation and it is through a commitment by overseas healthcare providers to this voluntary code of practice that we can give an even greater level of information to patients considering treatment overseas.

“We know that the majority of clinics already provide a very high standard of care to its patients. The recent 2008 Treatment Abroad survey of medical tourists revealed that 96 per cent of patients who had overseas treatment would return to the same treatment provider; adoption of the Code of Practice for Medical Tourism will make it even easier for patients to make the right choice of provider.

Source: TreatmentAbroad.net