"Private hospital quality on the NHS!"

I stumbled across the Westbourne Centre when researching surgery lead times for an umbilical hernia on the NHS website. They were the only hospital with a green tick for wait times (up to 15 weeks) instead of a red exclamation mark within a 30 mile radius of where I live. Most others were in excess of 12 months.

I called them up and asked if this was true and they said they adhered to the NHS standards of a maximum 16 weeks from referral to surgery. They also told me which consultant had the most surgery time planned for my issue and therefore would be the best to request to be referred to by my GP. They also gave me provisional consultation and surgery dates that were within the next 6 weeks.

They kept all their promises and I was operated on within 6 weeks of seeing my GP. I have had treatment and surgery in private hospitals across the world and the Westbourne Centre are as good as anyone. This level of service on the NHS is superb.