What this is
The Doctor collects the prices that private hospitals and clinics publish, links each one to its source and records the date it was checked. Beside each price we set the official NHS waiting figures for the same area, so readers can see both routes clearly.
The name is the publication’s, not a person’s. The Doctor is written by editors, not clinicians. Nobody here is your doctor, we do not give medical advice, and we never suggest whether you need a treatment.
What we cover
The site currently has 13 treatment guides, 265 treatment guides for individual cities and towns, 82 city and town pages and 197 hospital and clinic profiles, built from 1,203 published prices and the health regulators’ registers. In total that is 584 pages. We add treatments and places only when we can source the facts for them, and pages without enough facts of their own are kept out of search engines until they do.
Independence and funding
No provider pays to be listed, and listings are in alphabetical order. We may in future carry clearly labelled advertising or referral links. If we do, they will be marked “Advertisement”, kept apart from prices and listings, and described on our advertising page. We will never promote prescription-only medicines.
Not the NHS
We are not part of the NHS and are not endorsed by it. Read our full statement.
Who is responsible
The Doctor is an independent UK publication. Questions, corrections and requests from providers go through our contact form, which the editors read. We aim to reply to corrections within five working days.
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