Private Medical Insurance

The Whiteley Clinic has made its reputation introducing cutting edge technologies and treatments to the UK, researching and auditing them to ensure our patients get the best and most effective treatments.

It is with great pride that we offer our patients the very best that is available in the UK.

Our results speak for themselves - our success in doing so can be seen by our:

• achievements
• research papers
• prizes
• press coverage veins
• press coverage LSA
• patient satisfaction

However, because our techniques are relatively new, some of our operations are considered non-standard by some health insurers. Consequently the following may not cover private medical treatment at The Whiteley Clinic:

• AXA PPP
• Simply Health - from Aug 2009
• CIGNA

Should you be insured with any of the above, please speak with them directly before you commence treatment at The Whiteley Clinic.

Recently there has been some debate between the insurers and Consultants where insurers are looking increasingly to recognise a reduced range of consultants. In principle we do not have an issue with this as long as the criteria for inclusion on the reduced list are made on the basis of quality as well as cost.

The Federation of Independent Practitioner Organisations (FIPO) is a medical organisation representing the majority of the medical professional's organisations in Britain that have private practice committees.

FIPO seeks to work constructively with all independent hospital providers and the private medical insurance industry and has this to say on the subject:

"You should note that just occasionally some insurance companies might make comments about the consultant to whom you have been referred, sometimes implying that they are expensive or that they are not on one or other of their "Partnership" lists.

You should not be deterred from your choice by any such comments and you should expect an explanation of whether or not your treatment will be paid."

For the full transcript, please read here.

With continuous dialogue, we are hopeful that in the future, we will be able to work with all medical insurers to enable all of our patients to have the chance of treatment at the Whiteley Clinic.

We keep our charges very competitive compared with anyone offering the same standard of treatment.

At The Whiteley Clinic, our prices include:

• Surgeons fees
• Anaesthetic fees
• Hospital fees

If you are not aware of this, then comparing our all inclusive fee with fees quoted by surgeon (who quote surgical fees only) or hospital (who often quote hospital fees and not professional fees for the surgeon and the anaesthetic) then we can appear expensive.

In addition, we do not charge any extra for recurrent varicose veins over primary varicose veins - we just charge for the procedures that are done.

We are always happy to explain our treatments and treatments plans, to go through our charges and results, to anyone who is interested.

Until such time we will continue providing the same excellence we have always done, will continue our research and development making sure our patients have the very best diagnosis and treatment that is available, for the best price that we are able to provide.