Business people to benefit from


outstanding hospital 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.


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.


Care UK, which runs Peninsula Treatment Centre in Plymouth, has come to an arrangement with insurance companies which means that businesspeople with private medical insurance can now, for the first time, benefit from consultant-led care at an outstanding hospital - Peninsula Treatment


Centre was the first hospital of its kind to have received a rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.


Care UK also offers 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.


Self-pay means that patients can choose to pay for their consultant-led care at Peninsula Treatment Centre at a greatly reduced rate and there is a 0% finance option to spread the costs.


Private medical insurance and self-pay provide businesspeople with alternative routes 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.


More information about private medical insurance and self-pay options at Peninsula Treatment Centre is available by visiting: www.peninsulatreatmentcentre.nhs.uk/self-pay/, or by calling: 0330 058 1779


9 signs you may need a hip replacement


More than 50,500 hip replacements took place across England and Wales last year. It is a major, yet effective and common operation and over time becomes the only way to eradicate pain and improve quality of life.


How do you know when you need a hip replacement? Here are 9 signs to look out for and to discuss with your GP:


• Persistent or recurring pain in your hip over a period of time, or pain which may also flare up in rainy weather or changes in temperature


• Aching in your hip during and after exercise, with progressively limited hip motion or degree of bend in the joint


• Increasing immobility such as difficulty getting in and out of chairs, walking or climbing stairs


• A ‘grating’ feeling in the hip joint • Stiffness in the hip joint when you get out of bed


• Continual pain even with medication and using a cane, and pain that keeps you awake at night


• Stiffening up of the joint after sitting for a period of time, such as driving or at the cinema


• Increasing pain, discomfort and immobility from a previous hip injury (such as a fractured pelvis)


• Related pain elsewhere, such as in the knees or groin


If you have experienced any of these symptoms and are worried, you should discuss them with your GP. Unless your symptoms are very severe and debilitating, your GP is likely to first recommend pain relief and /or physiotherapy before suggesting an operation, but if and when they agree that you need a hip replacement you can ask to be referred to the hospital of your choice.


If your GP thinks you need a hip replacement, you can ask


to be referred to Peninsula Treatment Centre – via the NHS, self-pay or private medical insurance.


0330 058 1779 www.peninsulatreatmentcentre.nhs.uk


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