Self-pay health option is 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.
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.
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 or appointments cancelled at the last minute, or having your treatment delayed – recently it was reported that up to one in four outpatient appointments had been cancelled in the NHS, and 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
Self-pay means that patients can choose to pay for their consultant-led care at a Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre at a greatly reduced rate compared with private health care alternatives. They can also access self-pay without the need for private health insurance and there is a 0% finance option to spread the costs.
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.
6 signs you may need cataract surgery
It is estimated that around 2.5 million people aged 65 and over in England and Wales have some form of vision impairment caused by cataracts. While cataracts can interfere with everyday life if left untreated, cataract surgery is a successful procedure with good results for almost all patients.
Here are the 6 signs that mean you might need cataract surgery:
• Cloudy vision • Changes in colour vision • Glare while driving at night • Glare during the day • Glasses prescription changes (increased frequency) • Double vision or ghosting of images (especially if only noticeable in one eye)
Cataract surgery is available at Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre on the NHS and via the self-pay option. For self-pay, operation costs £1995 per eye at Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre. Similar treatment costs between £2690 and £3535 per eye at private hospitals in Devon and Cornwall.
www.peninsulatreatmentcentre.nhs.uk
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