Research from private medical insurer BCWA has found that self-employed businesses in the UK lose an estimated total of £537 million a year waiting for treatment on the NHS.
Nearly one in ten self-employed people are affected, costing them an average of £1,560 a year, while each day they miss costs them £150 per day. More than half of those questioned said that not being able to work for a day would cost them up to £200, while nearly one in five said that they would lose more than £300.
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