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Paying for Private Medicine in the UK

Private medicine is no different from any other service or product that you pay for in your normal life.  However, as your health is at stake, it is certainly one of the areas you should pay most attention to.

As with any other service or product, you can pay directly from your savings or your bank account if you have the money available. A lot of private medicine in the UK is actually at quite competitive prices and many people find they can afford it even if they had always felt it was out of their reach previously.

Private practitioners and private clinics are usually very happy to give a quote, when asked, so that you can be sure what money will be needed from you if you do proceed.

If you do not have the savings or money available, you still have a couple of options:

• many practitioners or clinics will allow you to pay off a bill over several months.  An administration charge to set this up is usually payable.
• as with anything else you wish to buy, your bank or another financial institution will be happy to consider you for a loan.

Many people have private medical insurance either personally or through work.  If this is the case, and you wish to use your private medical insurance, you need to follow a set of rules that are usually quite easy.

In general, you will need a referral from your general practitioner. all private medical insurance companies provide help lines for you to contact them to check that you are going through the system correctly.

It is a very good idea to keep your insurance company informed at each step of your way through a private medicine experience.