Guide to private referrals through your insurance company
- Once you have seen the GP and agreed on a private referral, call your insurance company. They will need to know the specialty you are being referred to (e.g. Cardiology for heart problems, Orthopaedics for musculoskeletal problems, etc.)
- The insurance company will give you a list of consultants they will cover locally (or near your place of work) within that speciality. Choose one of the consultants and call their secretary to arrange an appointment. Most consultants will have a webpage on the hospital’s website detailing some of their special interests and the secretary’s contact details can be found here if your insurance company have not already provided this.
- Finally, Our Clinical Admin team will email you with your private referral letter attached to forward onto your chosen provider.
Please be patient; although you are being referred for a private consultation, we are still an NHS service and our CAT team work tirelessly to get things done but it will realistically take them a few days to type up your referral letter.