WARRINGTON and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is set to increase the number of procedures it offers to patients privately.
The trust’s My Choice scheme was launched back in 2013, but the ‘affordable, self-pay service’ is now being expanded.
New treatments being offered to patients who have been denied NHS procedures include hip and knee replacements, cataract and tonsil removals and breast enlargements and reductions.
Operations will take place at Warrington Hospital, Halton Hospital and the Cheshire and Merseyside Treatment Centre.
Warrington and Halton hospitals said that the service would give ‘affordable and convenient access’ to healthcare for patients while generating additional income for the trust through its spare capacity.
Chief executive Mel Pickup said: “We have seen many changes in the NHS over the last five years, and commissioners are more challenged than ever to ensure that they invest scarce resources in the most effective way.
“Procedures of low clinical priority do not mean low value to our patients, and we are pleased to be able to make a large number available at a really affordable price at their local hospitals and by our most trusted NHS staff.
“My Choice is by the NHS, for the NHS.”
Patients who pay for their treatments will receive no special privileges and join the same waiting list as NHS patients.
The ‘significant’ expansion of the programme includes procedures no longer available on the NHS, and another option for patients classified as being a ‘low clinical priority’ by commissioners at a ‘fraction’ of the cost of private providers.
Private treatments are priced at between £1,072 and £8,447.
Patients will still require a referral from their GP in order to undergo procedures under My Choice.
The full list of treatments available under My Choice and their costs:
Consultations - £180
Removal of adenoids - £1,931
Ear pinning - £2,331
Insertion of grommets - £1,646
Tonsillectomy - £2,292
Rhinoplasty - £2,767
Removal of haemorrhoidal skin tags - £1,319
Surgical treatment of hernias without symptoms - £2,541
Dilation and curettage - £1,187
Eyelid surgery - £1,878
Removal of lesion in eyelid - £1,276
Cataract surgery - £1,624
Eyelid cyst removal - £1,276
Circumcision - £2,000
Reversal of male sterilisation - £2,303
Surgery for prostatism - £2,297
Breast reduction - £3,720
Breast enlargement - £3,720
Removal of silicon breast implants - £2,164
Removal and replacement of silicon breast implants - £3,720
Breast uplift - £3,720
Surgical correction of nipple inversion - £1,387
Hair removal treatments - £1,048
Facet joint radiofrequency denervation to treat back pain - £1,526
Facet joint injection - £1,358
Epidural injection - £1,072
Surgery for trigger finger - £1,777
Dupuytren’s contracture - £1,805
Knee replacement surgery - £7,179
Revision of knee replacement surgery - £8,447
Knee arthroscopy - £2,479
Arthroscopic knee washout and removal of loose debris - £1,352
Hip replacement surgery - £7,060
Revision of hip replacement surgery - £8,447
Hip resurfacing - £7,060
Hip arthroscopy - £2,843
Carpal tunnel syndrome - £1,577
Ganglion cyst removal - £1,777
Bunion removal and treatment - £1,904
Morton’s neuroma excision - £2,160
The following treatments are also offered on My Choice, but patients should contact the trust for more information:
Removal of minor skin lesions
Removal of lipoma
Surgical procedures for the treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding
Surgical revision of scars
Joint fusion
Steroid joint injections
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