The gateway to private healthcare in the UK

Private Healthcare UK helps people make informed decisions about private healthcare services and providers by providing information and medical websites resources which are current, and comprehensive.  The site embraces all aspects of private health care services, including private hospitals, private doctors and specialists, private medical insurance, cosmetic surgery, dentistry, and care of the elderly. There's also information on services such as DNA testing, health screening, private nursing care, private maternity services, private physiotherapists, sports injury clinics and travel health clinics.

Our new Patient Advice and Education area contains information about operations and procedures and diseases and medical conditions. We also have many useful guides to various aspects of private treatment including a Guide to Going Private and  Questions to ask your doctor before an operation and a comprehensive news section which is updated daily.

Looking for health insurance?

Our  Guide to Private Medical Insurance will help you to decide what you need, show you how to keep costs down and provides reviews of health insurance products available from the major insurance companies. Use the online quotation systems from our preferred private health care providers and reduce the cost of your health insurance.

Intuition Communication has a dedicated Health Insurance site for people looking for health insurance in the UK

Need an operation?

Why not find out what it costs to go private, get a quote for an operation from the leading private health hospital companies or  find out about fixed price hernia surgery, hip replacement, knee surgery, obesity surgery,  varicose vein treatment and other common private operations. We also provide patient guides to common operations such as knee arthroscopy, hip replacement, mastectomy and tonsillectomy.

Considering cosmetic surgery?

Use our enquiry form to obtain information and prices from a range of cosmetic surgery companies. Search our database to find a clinic in your area. view our Guide to Cosmetic Surgery, or our Guide to Breast Implants.Find out what it costs for cosmetic surgery. 

We also make available to you medical websites offering information on cosmetic surgery abroad, and on cosmetic dentistry in the UK.

Find a Private Hospital or Consultant

Looking for a UK private hospital? Search our directory or view our A-Z listing of private hospitals in the UK.

If you need a UK private doctor or consultant search our database or view our A-Z listing of over 2,500 UK private doctors and consultants.

There's even a guide to dentists by region, helping you to find a private dentist in Bristol, Essex, Scotland or a cosmetic dentist in London, Manchester or Edinburgh.

The Private Healthcare Blog

Keep up to date with the issues that matter in private healthcare. Written by Keith Pollard, the Private Healthcare Blog provides commentary on the challenges and issues faced in the independent healthcare sector, and the business opportunities that the marketplace presents.

Editorial policy

Where advice on medical conditions and treatments are provided on this site such as the Diseases and Conditions area and the Operations and Procedures area, the quality of the information is assured by a rigorous editorial process, using appropriately qualified UK specialists. The information on our site is intended to complement, not replace the advice of surgeons and physicians.