Hi,
I had a very disappointing meeting with NHS consultants today which has made me very nervous about sticking with them for a (medically necessary) c-section later in the year. So I was wondering if I could ask for peoples experience of what it costs to go private in London.
The clinic seems ok for the monitoring and ante-natal care, so I'll stick with them for that, but the quite junior consultant I saw today was clueless about my issues (arising from cervical cancer treatment) and I realised I wanted a more experienced person holding the scalpel!
I do have private health insurance so the cost of private room and I think the hospital fee for surgery is covered, but they only provide £650 or so towards the consultant fees. Also the baby isn't covered at all, other than for a review by a pediatrician soon after birth. I guess that means it would be NHS for all baby care, including NICU if necessary.
Can anyone give some experience on the overall costs? And any experience of how things work if you mix NHS and private care.
Thanks!
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time2deal · 02/04/2014 21:19
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