Terms and conditions

The HIFU package

1. Includes -

Before your admission -
i. Preoperative assessment before admission, if necessary;

During your hospital stay -
ii. Hospital accommodation and meals;
iii. Nursing care and facilities;
iv. Theatre fees, drugs and dressings;
v. High Dependency Unit and/or Intensive Care Unit if required;
vi. Consultants' fees;
vii. Imaging, physiotherapy, pathology and histology;

After your discharge -
viii. Take-home drugs for up to 5 days after discharge and antibiotics for the prescribed period;

2. Excludes -

i. Consultations that take place before your admission.
ii. Diagnostic tests or services received prior to your pre-operative assessment or admission, whichever is first;
iii. Convalescence and treatment provided after your consultant has advised that you are fit for discharge;
iv. Personal costs such as telephone, alcoholic drinks, newspapers and visitor's meals;
v. Medication prescribed after you have been discharged from hospital (other than take home drugs mentioned above);
vi. Ambulance fees;
vii. Any cost not specified as included.
viii. Subsequent admission for catheter removal and/or 'slough' removal.

Any additional items not included but required as part of your treatment will be charged to you by the hospital, your consultant or other third party separately. If you are in doubt about what is included in the cost of your quotation, you are advised to see advice from the hospital and/or your consultant.

3. Admission -

i. The hospital reserves the right to refuse the admission of a patient for any reason.
ii. The hospital reserves the right to determine the date of admission of the patient and, if necessary, change the date of admission. Prior notice will be given, whenever possible, should your admission date need to changed.
iii. Costs incurred that are not included in the package price will be charged at the hospital's standard rates.

4. Discharge -

i. The decision as to whether you are fit for discharge rests with your consultant. Should you wish to stay in hospital after you have been declared fit for discharge the hospital's standard charges will apply and will be invoiced separately.
ii. If you discharge yourself against the advice of your consultant no further services will be provided as part of the package.
iii. No refund will be given if you leave the hospital earlier than expected.

5. Outpatient services -

i. Outpatient services included in the package must be received at the hospital where you had your operation.

6. Written Quotation -

i. Your consultant and their secretarial staff do not have authority from the hospital to quote for hospital charges. Any price mentioned by them is subject to written confirmation by the hospital.
ii. This package is only available when you have obtained and accepted a written quotation from the hospital prior to admission.
iii. The quoted price for the package is valid for a period of sixty days from the date of issue. A booking for the surgery must be made within this period.
iv. The quotation is subject to change depending on the results of your pre- operative assessment. The hospital reserves the right to withdraw the quoted price at any time prior to surgery.

7. Consultants fees -

i. All consultants are self-employed and provide their services direct to the patient.
ii. The consultants' fees are included in the quoted price and the hospital acts as their agent in the collection of them. On rare occasions the consultants and the hospital may invoice you separately but the total will not be more than that shown on the quotation.

8. Payment -

i. Payment may be made using most credit and debit cards, or the BMI Card. Cash or cheques are accepted by prior arrangement. Cheques to be made payable to 'Winterbourne Hospital'.
ii. Payment must be made in full prior to or on admission. The hospital reserves the right to refuse admission to a patient who has not paid in full.