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Private healthcare in Birkenhead

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

Prices checked 9 Nov 2026

  • Treatments with prices

    1

    at 6 hospitals within 25 miles

  • Nearest hospital with prices

    2.6 miles

    Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral, Wirral

  • NHS general surgery wait so far

    6 weeks

    half had waited longer at Wirral University Teaching Hospital (August 2026)

    Time waited so far by people on the list, not a forecast.

In short

Birkenhead is in the area of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board. The NHS figures on each page are for the nearest trusts in that area.

Treatments near Birkenhead

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

Hernia repair: lowest £3,381 at Fairfield Independent Hospital (14 miles); nearest Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral (2.6 miles) at from £3,772. UK median £4,011.

NHS waits near Birkenhead

General surgery: half of the 333 people waiting at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust had waited 6.4 weeks or less (August 2026), against 12.8 weeks across England; 0 had waited over a year.

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

About Birkenhead

Birkenhead had 109,835 residents in the 2021 Census, in the Wirral local authority area and the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside NHS area.

The 6 hospitals with published prices within 25 miles belong to Spire Healthcare (4), Circle Health Group (1), Nuffield Health (1). 5 of them are rated Good or Outstanding by CQC, and 2 are within 10 miles.

Within 5 miles of central Birkenhead: Spire Murrayfield Hospital Wirral (2.6 miles).

5 to 10 miles of central Birkenhead: Spire Liverpool Hospital (5.5 miles).

10 to 25 miles of central Birkenhead: Fairfield Independent Hospital (14 miles), Nuffield Health Chester Hospital (16 miles), Spire Cheshire Hospital (20 miles), Spire Yale Hospital (23 miles).

NHS trusts used for the waiting figures: Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (1.9 miles), Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (4.2 miles).

By population, Birkenhead is number 10 of the 193 towns and cities with 5,000 or more residents in the North West, in the Wirral statistical area.

Registered clinics within 10 miles

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

  • 8 independent hospitals registered for surgery: SpaMedica Wirral, Birkenhead (1.3 miles, good), Spire Murrayfield Hospital, Wirral (2.6 miles, good), ACES Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool (3.3 miles, not yet rated), and 5 more.
  • 4 independent eye clinics and hospitals registered for surgery: SpaMedica Wirral, Birkenhead (1.3 miles, good), Ultralase Eye Clinics Limited - Liverpool, Liverpool (3.0 miles, not yet rated), Optical Express – Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool (3.3 miles, not yet rated), and 1 more.
  • 6 independent scanning and testing centres: SpaMedica Wirral, Birkenhead (1.3 miles, good), Spire Murrayfield Hospital, Wirral (2.6 miles, good), ACES Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool (3.3 miles, not yet rated), and 3 more.
  • 6 independent hospitals and units registered for endoscopy and other tests: SpaMedica Wirral, Birkenhead (1.3 miles, good), Spire Murrayfield Hospital, Wirral (2.6 miles, good), ACES Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool (3.3 miles, not yet rated), and 3 more.

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 Birkenhead.

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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