West Midlands

Private healthcare in Lichfield

Prices hospitals near Lichfield publish, and how long NHS waits are locally.

Prices checked 9 Nov 2026

Treatments with prices
10
at 15 hospitals within 25 miles
Nearest hospital with prices
6.1 miles
Spire Little Aston Hospital, Sutton Coldfield
NHS trauma and orthopaedics wait so far
17 weeks
half had waited longer at University Hospitals of North Midlands (August 2026)
Time waited so far by people on the list, not a forecast.

In short

Lichfield is in the area of NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board. The NHS figures on each page are for the nearest trusts in that area.

Treatments near Lichfield

The lowest price published within 25 miles. Open a treatment to see every price, what it includes and the NHS wait.

Cheapest and nearest, treatment by treatment

Hip replacement: lowest £12,665 at Sutton Medical Centre (7.3 miles); nearest Spire Little Aston Hospital (6.1 miles) at from £16,268. UK median £15,500.

Knee replacement: lowest £12,945 at Sutton Medical Centre (7.3 miles); nearest Spire Little Aston Hospital (6.1 miles) at from £16,348. UK median £16,235.

Knee arthroscopy: lowest from £3,029 at Rowley Hall Hospital (15 miles); nearest Spire Little Aston Hospital (6.1 miles) at from £4,797. UK median £4,683.

Carpal tunnel surgery: lowest £1,735 at Sutton Medical Centre (7.3 miles); nearest Spire Little Aston Hospital (6.1 miles) at from £2,924. UK median £2,705.

Hernia repair: lowest £3,449 at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Birmingham (16 miles); nearest Spire Little Aston Hospital (6.1 miles) at from £3,729. UK median £4,011.

Cataract surgery: lowest from £2,000 at Optical Express - Birmingham Hospital (14 miles); nearest Spire Little Aston Hospital (6.1 miles) at from £3,324. UK median £2,995.

MRI scan: lowest £350 at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Birmingham (16 miles); nearest Spire Little Aston Hospital (6.1 miles) at £495. UK median £545.

CT scan: lowest £785 at Spire Little Aston Hospital (6.1 miles). UK median £758.

Colonoscopy: lowest £2,170 at The Meriden Hospital (24 miles); nearest Spire Little Aston Hospital (6.1 miles) at from £2,813. UK median £2,917.

Gastroscopy: lowest £1,869 at Sutton Medical Centre (7.3 miles); nearest Spire Little Aston Hospital (6.1 miles) at from £2,518. UK median £2,300.

NHS waits near Lichfield

Trauma and orthopaedics: half of the 5,244 people waiting at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust had waited 17.3 weeks or less (August 2026), against 13.9 weeks across England; 178 had waited over a year.

General surgery: half of the 9,743 people waiting at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust had waited 13.2 weeks or less (August 2026), against 12.8 weeks across England; 357 had waited over a year.

Ophthalmology: half of the 6,370 people waiting at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust had waited 15.6 weeks or less (August 2026), against 10.4 weeks across England; 258 had waited over a year.

MRI: 59.2% of the 6,502 people waiting at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 78.0% across England.

CT: 96.8% of the 2,540 people waiting at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 88.8% across England.

Endoscopy: 65.7% of the 1,587 people waiting at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust had waited under six weeks (August 2026), against 69.6% across England.

These figures cover everyone already on the list and show time waited so far, not how long a new referral will take.

About Lichfield

Lichfield had 32,580 residents in the 2021 Census and the NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent NHS area.

The 15 hospitals with published prices within 25 miles belong to Ramsay Health Care UK (4), Circle Health Group (3), Spire Healthcare (2), Optegra (2), Nuffield Health (2), Optical Express (1), Practice Plus Group (1). 13 of them are rated Good or Outstanding by CQC, and 2 are within 10 miles.

5 to 10 miles of central Lichfield: Spire Little Aston Hospital (6.1 miles), Sutton Medical Centre (7.3 miles).

10 to 25 miles of central Lichfield: Optegra Birmingham Eye Hospital (14 miles), Beacon Park Hospital (14 miles), Optical Express - Birmingham Hospital (14 miles), Rowley Hall Hospital (15 miles), Optegra Eye Hospital Uttoxeter (15 miles), Nuffield Health Wolverhampton Hospital (16 miles), The Priory Hospital (16 miles), Practice Plus Group Hospital, Birmingham (16 miles), Spire Parkway Hospital (18 miles), West Midlands Hospital (19 miles), Nuffield Health Derby Hospital (19 miles), Stourside Hospital (21 miles), The Meriden Hospital (24 miles).

NHS trusts used for the waiting figures: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (27 miles).

By population, Lichfield is number 37 of the 107 towns and cities with 5,000 or more residents in the West Midlands.

Registered clinics within 10 miles

Independent places on the health regulator’s register within 10 miles of central Lichfield, nearest first, whether or not they publish prices. Ratings are for the whole location.

3 independent hospitals registered for surgery: Spire Little Aston Hospital, Sutton Coldfield (6.1 miles, good), Victoria House Clinic Ltd, Sutton Coldfield (8.4 miles, not yet rated), Soul Care Aesthetics, Cannock (8.7 miles, requires improvement).
No independent eye clinics and hospitals registered for surgery on the register within 10 miles.
3 independent scanning and testing centres: Spire Little Aston Hospital, Sutton Coldfield (6.1 miles, good), Victoria House Clinic Ltd, Sutton Coldfield (8.4 miles, not yet rated), Soul Care Aesthetics, Cannock (8.7 miles, requires improvement).
3 independent hospitals and units registered for endoscopy and other tests: Spire Little Aston Hospital, Sutton Coldfield (6.1 miles, good), Victoria House Clinic Ltd, Sutton Coldfield (8.4 miles, not yet rated), Soul Care Aesthetics, Cannock (8.7 miles, requires improvement).

Hospitals with published prices

Where these figures come from

Prices: lowest and nearest published self-pay prices within 25 miles, read from each hospital’s own website on the date shown. Straight-line distances from the centre of Lichfield.

Source: NHS England, Consultant-led Referral to Treatment Waiting Times, August 2026 data, published 8 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: NHS England, Monthly Diagnostics Waiting Times and Activity (DM01), August 2026 data, published 8 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Hospital details and ratings: CQC register (HSCA Active Locations, downloaded 9 November 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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