Each guide sticks to logistics and cost: what usually happens on the day, what a published price tends to include, which questions are worth asking a clinic, and how the NHS route is organised. None of them is medical advice, and none of them ranks providers.
Where we have checked published self-pay prices, the guide links to the relevant price page on this site. NHS figures are official statistics used under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Private GP appointments what the fee covers
- Private blood tests panels, labs and results
- Private MRI scans referral, safety and reporting
- Private cataract surgery lenses and package prices
- Private physiotherapy sessions and registration
- Private hip and knee replacement packages and NHS waits
- Private hernia repair groin hernia packages
- Private colonoscopy and gastroscopy day-case endoscopy
- Private ADHD assessment adults and children
- Private autism assessment adults and under-19s
Updated 9 November 2026. We add a guide only when we can write it from checkable sources.