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Britain has suddenly woken up to the idea of Health Spas.  Both here and abroad.

The Romans introduced them – starting off with their baths at Bath.  But when they left, their sensible ideas such medical spas, and central heating, straight roads, etc. left with them, and it took centuries for us to remember how useful they are – especially health spas after an operation, recovering from illness or just to relieve daily stress.

However, in Britain we still aren’t quite sure what is a ‘health spa’.  Glossy magazines are full of articles about the latest glitzy ‘chill out’ centre, even though the writer hasn’t a clue about the medical benefits.  Recently I was asked to edit the Tourism Society’s medical spa supplement, and even those involved in our tourist industry were often not clear about the benefits, or what a medical spa should offer.

So, on this website you can find Spas that are

• serious about medical treatment
• are good value for money, not just out to offer you the latest crazy treatment
• don’t offer starvation diets, crystal therapies, detox – or all the other current fads.

I know one glitzy spa that lists under ‘Medical Team’ – Tarot Card Reader!!!

This site is definitely NOT about that type of spa.  But it is about spas, day centres and beauty spas that have expertise;  whose staff know their job;  who can be consulted to help with a particular problem, from dry skin to recovery after an operation, and give you the benefits you have every right to expect in return for your hard-earned cash.

If you go for medical treatment the people in white coats will be genuine doctors, trained physios and nurses.

It has been developed out of Having Fun After Cancer (www.after-cancer.com) where one of the most popular categories is ‘Holidays and Short breaks’.  In three months is has developed a regular ‘readership’ from over 100 countries, with browsers looking for information about where to go for a therapeutic break.

So look under the categories on the right to search for what you want.  You will see that most centres are based in Europe, as the majority of browsers come from here.  Doctors question the benefit of flying half way round the world, with all the stress that causes (not to mention carbon emissions) only to end up exhausted from jet lag, so travelling time is kept to manageable lengths.

Enjoy your holiday and the smug feeling that you are also doing your health a lot of good!