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HEALTHCARE IN ENGLAND (UK)

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

Britain’s public provider of health care is known as the National Health Services (NHS). Services provided by the NHS include hospitals, family doctors, specialists, dentists, chemists, opticians and the ambulance service.

Not all services provided by the NHS are free of charge. Unless exempt, patients pay (subsidised) fixed costs for prescriptions, sight tests, NHS glasses and dental treatment. Hospital treatment, the ambulance service and medical consultations remain free.

The UK’s NHS was the first state organisation in the world to provide free universal healthcare. Today, it is an organisation with some severe structural problems, which means that waiting lists for treatments even for urgent operations have grown and the standard of treatment in some hospitals has deteriorated. Many Britons in the higher income bracket purchase private health insurance and there is a growing number of employers providing private cover as standard to their employees.

Entitlement to treatment from NHS

The principal groups that the NHS provides free or subsidized medical treatment to are:

* Those with the right of abode in Britain and who are currently resident in Britain (this excludes British citizens who are resident abroad)
* Anyone who has been resident in the UK for the previous year
* EU nationals
* Students (on courses longer than 6 months)
* Anyone with a British work permit

Nationals of countries with reciprocal health agreements with Britain are also entitled to treatment from the NHS, although exemption from charges is usually limited to emergency treatment. Countries with reciprocal agreements include: EEA nations, Anguilla, Australia, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Channel Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, New Zealand, Romania, Russia, St Helena, Switzerland, Turkey, and the Caicos Islands.

PRIVATE HEALTHCARE

Private medical treatment in Britain is amongst the best in the world, with London having some of world’s most skilled specialists. Within the country, most people go private to avoid NHS waiting lists for non-emergency specialist appointments and non-urgent treatment. Around a quarter of all operations are performed privately.

There is almost always no difference in quality between private and NHS doctors. Indeed, you will often end up seeing the same specialist privately as you would have seen through the NHS. The difference will be when you get the appointment and how quickly you are treated, i.e. a heart bypass operation may be diagnosed for and completed in a couple of weeks with private treatment, but through the NHS this could take two or three months.

If you wish to use private healthcare, it is advisable to take out an insurance policy with a specialist health insurer, such as BUPA or PPP. Many employers also provide their workers with private health insurance, which is definitely worth finding out about if interviewing for different positions or negotiating a package.

DIRECTORY OF HOSPITALS & CLINICS IN LONDON

Acton Hospital
46 Gunnersbury Lane
London
W3 8EG
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8383 1133
Fax: + 44 20 8383 3322

Atkinson Morley MRI Centre
Atkinson's Morley Hospital
Copse Hill
Wimbledon
London
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8944 5494
Fax: + 44 20 8944 5482

BMI The Blackheath Hospital
40-42 Lee Terrace
Blackheath
London
SE3 9UD
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8318 7722
Fax: + 44 20 8318 2542

BMI The Garden Hospital
46-50 Sunny Gardens Road
Hendon
London
NW4 1RX
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8203 0111
Fax: + 44 20 8203 4343

BMI The London Independent Hospital
1 Beaumont Square
Stepney Green
London
E1 4NL
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7790 0990
Fax: + 44 20 7265 9032

BabyInc
35 Devonshire Place
London
W1G 6JP
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7935 6500
Fax: + 44 20 7935 6510

Barbican Physiotherapy Clinic
1 The Postern
Wood Street
Barbican
London
EC2Y 8BJ
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 207 606 6530
Fax: + 44 207 256 7787

Blossoms Inn Medical Centre
21/26 Garlick Hill
London
EC4V 2AU
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7489 1136
Fax: + 44 20 7489 1134

Broadgate Medical Centre
Exchange Arcade
Bishopsgate
London
EC2M 3WA
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7972 9972
Fax: + 44 20 7972 9975

Cadogan Place Practice
29 Cadogan Place
London
SW1X 9RX
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7235 5850
Fax: + 44 20 7235 9171

Capio Nightingale Hospital
11-19 Lisson Grove
London
NW1 6SH
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7535 7700
Fax: + 44 20 7724 9440

Capio Nightingale Hospital - Day Hospital
1B Harewood Row
London
NW1 6SE
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7725 9940
Fax: + 44 20 7724 9092

Capio Nightingale Hospital - Eating Disorders Unit
23-24 Enford Street
London
W1 1DG
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7723 3635

Capio Nightingale Hospital - Outpatients Clinic
7 Lisson Grove
London
NW1 6SH
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7535 7900
Fax: + 44 20 7724 8115

Central Health
53-64 Chancery House
Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1QS
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7404 6343
Fax: + 44 20 7404 6345

Central Middlesex MRI Centre
Unit 4, ACAD Building
Central Middlesex Hospital
Acton Lane, Park Royal
London
NW10 7NS
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8961 2345
Fax: + 44 20 8961 1504

Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Road
Hammersmith
London
W6 8RF
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8383 0000
Fax: + 44 20 8846 7459

Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust
369 Fulham Road
London
SW10 9NH
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8746 8000
Fax: + 44 20 8746 8435

Courtfield Medical Centre
73 Courtfield Gardens
London
SW5 0NL
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7370 2453
Fax: + 44 20 7244 0018

Cromwell Hospital
Cromwell Road
London
SW5 0TU
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7460 2000
Fax: + 44 20 7460 5555

Devonshire Hospital
29 - 31 Devonshire Street
London
W1N 1RF
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7486 7131
Fax: + 44 20 7486 0090

Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences
256 Gray's Inn Road
London
WC1X 8LD
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7915 1000
Fax: + 44 20 7915 2327

Finsbury Healthcare
5 London Wall Buildings
Finsbury Circus
London
EC2M 5NS
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7638 0909
Fax: + 44 20 7638 9211

Fleet Street Medical Centre
2-3 Salisbury Court
London
EC4Y 8JH
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7427 0600
Fax: + 44 20 7427 0609

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
34 Great Ormond Street
London
WC1N 3JH
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7813 8401
Fax: + 44 20 7829 8635

Groin & Hernia Clinic
108 Harley Street
London
W1N 2ET
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7637 8820
Fax: + 44 20 7935 3901

Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital
Guy's Nuffield House
Newcomen Street
London
SE1 1YR
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7188 7188
Fax: + 44 20 7188 5251

Hammersmith Hospital
Du Cane Road
London
W12 0HS
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8383 1000
Fax: + 44 20 8383 3427

Harley Street Wide Open MRI
64 Harley Street
London
W1N 1AE
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 800 028 2288
Fax: + 44 800 020 7636 4227

Hospital of St. John & St. Elizabeth
60 Grove End Road
St. John's Wood
London
NW8 9NH
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7286 5126
Fax: + 44 20 7266 4813

Japan Green Medical Centre - Acton
(Japanese Language Medical Centre)
Unit 7, Acton Hill Mews
310-328 Uxbridge Road
London
W3 9QN
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8896 1424
Fax: + 44 20 8896 1332

Joy Walter Clinic
Ridgeway Mews
18a Ridgeway
Wimbledon
London
SW19 4QN
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8879 3608
Fax: + 44 20 8944 8051

King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers
Beaumont Street
London
W1N 2AA
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7486 4411
Fax: + 44 20 7467 4303

Liberty City Clinic
3 Ravey Street
London
EC2A 4QP
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7739 8009

London Bridge Hospital
27 Tooley Street
London
SE1 2PR
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7407 3100
Fax: + 44 20 7407 3162

London Day Surgery Centre
Gloucester House
150 Woodside Lane
London
N12 8TP
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8445 1199

London Fertility Centre
Cozens House
112A Harley Street
London
W1G 7JH
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 207 224 0707
Fax: + 44 207 224 3102

London Independent MRI Centre
The London Independent Hospital
No. 1 Beaumont Square
London
E1 4NL
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7702 8884
Fax: + 44 20 7702 8113

London MRI Centre
110 Harley Street
London
W1G 7JG
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7935 3563
Fax: + 44 20 7224 2302

London Oncology Clinic
95 Harley Street
London
W1G 6AF
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7317 2500
Fax: + 44 20 7009 4205

London Women's Clinic
113 & 115 Harley Street
London
W1N 1DG
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 171 487 5050
Fax: + 44 171 487 5850

Mayday MRI Centre
Mayday University Hospital
London Road
Thornton Heath
CR7 7YE
Surrey
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8401 3696
Fax: + 44 20 8401 3697

Middlesex Hospital
Woolavington Wing
Cleveland street
London
W1N 8AA
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7636 8333
Fax: + 44 20 7380 9022

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust
162 City Road
London
EC1V 2PD
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7253 3411
Fax: + 44 20 7253 4696

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Nuffield Ward
Queen Square
London
WC1N 3BG
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 207 829 8730
Fax: + 44 207 813 5715

Nippon Medical Centre - North
(Japanese Language Medical Centre)
Hospital of St. John & St. Elizabeth
60 Grove End Road
London
NW8 9NH
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7266 1121
Fax: + 44 20 7266 1107

Nippon Medical Centre - South
(Japanese Language Medical Centre)
Parkside Hospital
53 Parkside
Wimbledon
SW19 5NX
London
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8971 8008
Fax: + 44 20 8971 8009

North Middlesex MRI Centre
North Middlesex Hospital
Sterling Way
London
N18 1QX
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8887 2535
Fax: + 44 20 8887 2272

Notting Hill Private Medical Practice
Notre Dame House
121 Ladbroke Grove
London
W11 1PN
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7792 8060
Fax: + 44 20 7792 3236

Parkside Hospital
53 Parkside
Wimbledon
London
SW19 5NX
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8971 8000
Fax: + 44 20 8971 8001

Physio in the City
Cannons Health Club & Spa
Cannons City Club
Cousin Lane
London
EC4R 3XJ
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 207 283 0108
Fax: + 44 207 626 2138

Physio in the City
Cannons Health Club
Mecklenburgh Place
Bloomsbury
London
WC1N 2AY
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 207 813 0555

Physio in the City
Cannons Health Club
Sidmouth Road
Willesden
London
NW2 5JY
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8451 7863
Fax: + 44 20 8459 8731

Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital
Goldhawk Road
London
W6 0XG
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8383 1111
Fax: + 44 20 8383 3588

Rood Lane Medical Group
10 Rood Lane
London
EC3M 8BN
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7283 4028
Fax: + 44 20 7626 2184

Royal Brompton Hospital
Sydney Street
London
SW3 6NP
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7352 8121
Fax: + 44 20 7351 8473

Royal Free Hospital
Pond Street
London
NW3 2QG
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7794 0500

Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
330 Gray's Inn Road
London
WC1X 8DA
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7915 1300

St. Mary's Hospital NHS Trust
"Lindo Wing"
Praed Street
London
W2 1NY
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7886 1490
Fax: + 44 20 7886 2157

The Anna Freud Centre
21 Maresfield Gardens
London
NW3 5SD
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7794 2313
Fax: + 44 20 7794 6506

The Gainsborough Clinic
22 Barkham Terrace
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 7PW
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7928 5633
Fax: + 44 20 7928 1702

The Harley Street Clinic
35 Weymouth Street
London
WIN 4BJ
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7935 7700
Fax: + 44 20 7487 4415

The Harley Street General Practice
73 Harley Street
London
W1G 8QJ
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 207 486 6011
Fax: + 44 207 224 6853

The Heart Hospital
UCL Hospitals NHS Trust
47 Wimpole Street
London
W1M 7DG
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7573 8880
Fax: + 44 20 7573 8881

The Lister Hospital
Chelsea Bridge Road
London
SW1W 8RH
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7730 3417
Fax: + 44 20 7824 8867

The London Clinic
20 Devonshire Place
London
W1N 2DH
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7935 4444
Fax: + 44 20 7486 3782

The London Iryo Centre
(Japanese Language Medical Centre)
234-236 Hendon Way
Hendon Central
London
NW4 3NE
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8202 7272
Fax: + 44 20 8202 6222

The Portland Hospital for Women and Children
205-209 Great Portland Street
London
WIN 6AH
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7580 4400
Fax: + 44 20 7390 8012

The Princess Grace Hospital
42-52 Nottingham Place
London
W1M 3FD
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7486 1234
Fax: + 44 20 7935 2198

The Priory Clinic - Keats House
24-26 St. Thomas Street
London
SE1 9RS
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7955 4290
Fax: + 44 20 7407 2915

The Priory Hospital - North London
The Bourne
Southgate
London
N14 6RA
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8882 8191
Fax: + 44 20 8447 8138

The Priory Hospital - Roehampton
Priory Lane
London
SW15 5JJ
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8876 8261
Fax: + 44 20 8392 2632

The Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust
Sydney Street
London
SW3 6NP
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7352 8121
Fax: + 44 20 7351 8473

The Royal Marsden NHS Trust
Fulham Road
Chelsea
London
SW3 6JJ
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7352 8171
Fax: + 44 20 7351 8473

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Ian Monroe Ward
41-45 Bolsover Street
London
W1P 8AQ
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8954 2300 Ext 71
Fax: + 44 20 8954 8914

The Wellington Hospital
Wellington Place
St Johns Wood Road
London
NW8 9LE
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7586 5959
Fax: + 44 20 7586 1960

Tower Hill Medical Centre
10 Lloyds Avenue
London
EC3N 3AX
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7709 7171
Fax: + 44 20 709 7799

Travel Screening Services
1 Harley Street
London
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7307 8756
Fax: + 44 20 7636 8789

University College London Hospital
Private Patients Wing
Rosenheim Building
25 Grafton Way
London
WC1 6DB
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 7380 9964
Fax: + 44 20 7387 0421

Whipps Cross MRI Centre
Whipps Cross University Hospital
Whipps Cross Road
Leytonstone
London
E11 1NR
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8535 6500
Fax: + 44 20 8535 6540

Wide Open MRI of North London
30-100 Colindeep Lane
London
NE9 6HB
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 208 205 1100
Fax: + 44 208 905 9166

dh2 Eltham Clinic
6/7 Grove Market Place
Court Yard
Eltham
London
SE9 5PU
England
Great Britain
Tel: + 44 20 8294 2780
Fax: + 44 20 8859 4821

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