Private services
The University Hospitals Bristol
and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) offers a variety of service
privately to patients. The benefits of being treated privately
include:
- Patient centred care provided by our dedicated experienced and
accredited medical and nursing team
- You will be treated and receive continuous care from a
consultant of your choosing
- Being treated at one of the largest trusts in the UK where you
will have direct access to any additional facilities that provide
specialist, intensive care and monitoring as required which can be
unavailable at smaller private hospitals
- All income generated from private treatments will be invested
back into UHBW
Please note: Should you require a day case or
inpatient stay, your treatment will be booked with a request for a
single rooms, however these are allocated to all patients based on
clinical need and may not be available during your stay.
For further details please contact the Private Services Team
at privateservicesteam@uhbw.nhs.uk
Private accommodation
Small single rooms may be available in
certain hospitals, for example in the maternity unit, that you can
request and pay for during your hospital stay as a NHS patient.
Pre-bookable private accommodation is not available at Bristol
Royal Infirmary or in our children's hospital.
These are rooms with or without
private bathroom facilities, for use by postoperative patients when
those rooms are not required by patients for clinical reasons.
Private accommodation charge per day £75.
Private accommodation with en-suite charge per day £105.
These rooms are limited and can be requested but cannot always
be guaranteed as rooms are subject to availability at time of
admission.
A member of the Private Services Team will contact you with
a price package for your private treatment, which may alter during
the course of your treatment or procedure if any changes are
required to your planned care or due to diagnostic findings.
The cost of treatment is the same whether you have private
medical insurance or if you are funding your treatment
yourself.
The consultant will charge you directly for their fee and this
will be separate to hospital charges as per the price package.
Payment
Self funding
If you are funding the cost of your private treatment yourself,
you will be required to settle the full amount of the price package
before your private treatment or procedure.
You will receive an invoice for any outstanding amount at the
end of your private treatment and this will need to be paid to the
Finance Department promptly.
Methods of payment
Cash
Cheque
Online
payment
Private medical insurance
Please discuss with your private healthcare insurer should you
wish to receive your private treatment at the University Hospital
Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. Please clarify if there
are any financial limits for your policy, as for any balances not
covered by your private health insurance, the Trust will send you
an invoice detailing the outstanding charges that you need to
pay.
Prior to treatment or procedure you will be required to provide
the Private Services Team with your insurance company details
and membership or policy number so we can contact the insurer for
pre-authorisation for your private treatment.
If you are unable to provide your full insurance details prior
to your private treatment you will default to self funding.
Please note: the patient remains liable
for the full cost of their treatment whether they are covered by
medical insurance or self funding.
