What is Patient Choice?
Patient Choice is a government initiative introduced to give NHS
patients more choice about where ,when and what time they are
treated. NHS patients in England who require hospital treatment can
now choose any participating hospital in the country that can meet
their needs. One of your options could be a Ramsay Health Care
hospital or treatment centre.
Waiting times
The current NHS waiting time from seeing
your General Practitioner to treatment is a maximum of 18
weeks.
Guidelines
The Primary Care Trust (PCT), who funds your NHS treatment, sets
guidelines for waiting times within these maximums.
If you wish to have your Consultation, procedure or treatment
sooner, you may wish to consider continuing your treatment as a
private patient rather than remaining as an NHS patient.
This gives you an option to have your appointment or treatment
at a date and time which is convenient to you and fits in with your
family and work commitments.