Self-pay health option just the business
If you run your own business it is important to be in control – and that is as true of your health as it is any other part of your business.
As a business person, being told that you need treatment or an operation can be challenging. Not only do you have to worry about having the treatment itself, you also have to plan long and hard to make sure the impact on your business is limited.
Self-pay means that patients can choose to pay for their consultant-led care at Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre at a greatly reduced rate compared with private health care alternatives – up to 30% cheaper in most cases. They can also access self-pay without the need for private health insurance and there is a 0% finance option to spread the costs.
If you opt for the NHS route for your care, you are less likely to be able to choose the date for your treatment. You can also run the risk of having surgery cancelled at the last minute, or having your treatment delayed – a fifth of NHS trusts missed all their waiting time targets last year.
The other option is to go private, but this can be costly.
Care UK, which runs Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre in Plymouth, has a self-pay option for patients who do not wish to be put on a lengthy NHS waiting list or who had been told that the care they needed was no longer available on the NHS. It is an option which is proving especially popular with people who run their own businesses, or whose work commitments mean it is important to be able to plan when their surgery takes place.
In effect, it provides patients with an alternative route to the treatment they need. It has the potential to reduce pressure on existing NHS waiting lists and it gives patients the chance to get treated faster and at a time of day that is convenient to them, within clinical reason.
Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre was the first hospital of its kind to have received a rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission. It provides a range of major and minor surgery in orthopaedics, general surgery (hernia repair and gall bladder removal) cataracts and endoscopy.
Mark White, Hospital Director at Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre, commented: “My background is in the financial management of businesses, so I understand the impact caused by a key player having to take time out for treatment or surgery. Our self-pay option gives business owners the best of both worlds – the highest standards of care demanded by the NHS combined with the flexibility offered by the private sector – at a more affordable cost.”
The five signs you may need
knee replacement surgery 1 24-hour severe pain in the knee and the surrounding area, or elsewhere such as the hip or ankle, which impacts on your daily life even when you are resting
2 Swelling and inflammation of the knee which no longer responds to medication
3 Stiffness in the knee and immobility 4 ‘Bowing’ of the leg
5 Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs no longer provide relief from pain
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