Private lap

[Willow16]

Whats the process for going privately, if i paid for a private consultation would i have to have a private lap too? Or could i be referred to an NHS endo specialist?

[HannahGD]

Hey! I went privately for a consultation and then asked my consultant in the appointment if I could have my lap on the NHS with him, he said I could but I’d be waiting about 3/4 months longer than if I went privately. I made sure the private consultant I chose was an endo specialist x hope this helps

[C2691]

I also went for a private consultation. I chose to a consultant who also worked for the NHS. I saw him on at the end of September privately and had my laparoscopy on the NHS at the beginning of December. I could have had it sooner but he was on holiday for November. So I ended up waiting for him rather than have another consultant do the laparoscopy. I know it’s different in different parts of the country but I was pretty lucky and it was very straight forward and fast. I would recommend doing it this way. X

[princessk09]

I had a private consultation at spire but he then referred me to his colleague on the nhs for my lap who was also an endo specialist. I was waiting around 9 months though xx

[Willow16 in reply to princessk09]

I was looking at spire, was this for your first lap?

[princessk09 in reply to Willow16]

Yeah but I had my lap on the nhs at Oldham hospital. The private consultation was really good though, it lasted about an hour and he was an endo specialist so he knew his stuff. However they charged me extra to have a pelvic exam done so the bill was £214