My daughter has a heart condition and we've just had some bad news which means they're looking to book her in for a CT scan, and potentially open heart surgery pending the results of the scan.
The NHS doc said the current wait time for a CT scan (for non-General Anesthetic) is approximately 6 weeks. That's not too bad, but it would be nice to get an answer sooner, so I'm thinking of paying to get it done privately. I've never considered paying privately before, so I don't really know what's involved. Is anyone able to shed any light on the process? I've got two concerns really:
1) Would it actually gets done any quicker after getting all the referrals/paperwork in place? Presumably there's still a queue to get it done privately.
2) Would it 'confuse' the situation by switching to non-NHS for the scan? We've been seeing a couple of doctors about the condition for the last few years so I'm not sure if going elsewhere confuses things? I imagine a scan is a scan and it the docs don't care who does the scan, as long as it's done correctly.
The NHS doc said the current wait time for a CT scan (for non-General Anesthetic) is approximately 6 weeks. That's not too bad, but it would be nice to get an answer sooner, so I'm thinking of paying to get it done privately. I've never considered paying privately before, so I don't really know what's involved. Is anyone able to shed any light on the process? I've got two concerns really:
1) Would it actually gets done any quicker after getting all the referrals/paperwork in place? Presumably there's still a queue to get it done privately.
2) Would it 'confuse' the situation by switching to non-NHS for the scan? We've been seeing a couple of doctors about the condition for the last few years so I'm not sure if going elsewhere confuses things? I imagine a scan is a scan and it the docs don't care who does the scan, as long as it's done correctly.