Orthopaedic Surgery...

[sandyRoe]

How does one set about 'going private'? After X-rays and scans it's been decided that a hip replacement is called for and the prospective patient has been placed on a waiting list to see a surgeon. I'm guessing that that consultation won't be today or tomorrow.

[ChillDoubt]

Just phone your local private hospital. They will arrange for you to be examined by a consultant within 2 weeks, that's roughly the general rule amongst the Orthopaedic surgeons where I work.
You'd probably have your op within a month of that, certainly no longer than 6 weeks.

[sandyRoe]

Thank you, ChillDoubt. I'll have a look in the phone directory.

[Sqad]

Hold it! Hold it.

The key to a good result is to pick your unit and pick your surgeon.

Which is your nearest NHS Orthopaedic unit?

[sandyRoe]

Sqad, she has an appointment at Musgrave Park Hospital in Belfast. Well, not an appointment, a place in the waiting list for one.

[sandyRoe]

http://www.belfasttrust.hscni.net/hospitals/MusgraveParkHospital.htm

[Sqad]

O.K.....Mr David Beverland would be my choice.

Good luck to her.......

P.S Good answer by Chilli.

[sandyRoe]

Does he, like the chap in this cartoon, see some people privately? Thanks for the recommendation.

http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/record/89203

[Sqad]

LOL....he did and i would presume he stil does see private patients.