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Breakspear Hospital is open between 9:00am and
5:00pm Monday to Saturday,
and is closed on all Sundays and public
bank holidays.
Whether you have been referred or choose to book an
independent consultation with a physician at Breakspear, simply call our
main switchboard +44 (0) 1442 261 333, select Option 3, and speak with
Breakspear Reception. A receptionist will provide you with an appointment
date and specify any required documents.
If you are wishing to make an MMR vaccination appointment
for your child, click here for further details.
After you have booked your appointment, Reception will send you an email and/or letter
and all the necessary forms for you to complete prior to your appointment.
If you wish, you may also download pdfs of these documents from the forms and questionnaires page. Please note: forms are different for patients under the age of 16. If the new patient is under 16, please wait for Reception to email, fax or post the appropriate forms.
| Costs and payment methods |
Below you will find a general outline of Breakspear Hospital's prices. As treatment programmes vary patient to patient, this is just a general basic price list. Our staff will explain all of the Hospital’s charges to you and you will be given printed estimates before any fees are incurred.
Your initial consultation must be paid for on the day of your visit. After your initial consultation, a treatment programme will be drawn up on the patient management sheet.
Our Patient Lliaison staff will carefully explain all of the Hospital’s charges to you and you will be given printed estimates before any fees are incurred. Please feel free to contact either one of our Patient Liaison Officers, Carly Day or Emma Roberts, by phone 01442 261 333 ext. 310, or email: cday@breakspearmedical.com or eroberts@breakspearmedical.com
Most patients attending Breakspear Hospital are not funded through the National Health Service at their initial visit, and are, therefore, responsible for the settlement of their own accounts. For those patients with private health insurance, it is important to note that we do not have direct settlement agreements with the insurance companies. Our contract is with you, the patient, and we expect you to settle our accounts on receipt of invoice.
The simplest way to settle your bill is to provide us with your credit/debit card details when you arrive for your appointment. Fee consent forms have to be completed and signed by every patient, or the party taking responsibility for covering the costs of the patient’s treatment before the costs are incurred. You will receive a detailed invoice soon after your visit and your card will then be charged. Queries regarding any charges will be resolved with you forthwith. For patients attending for longer periods, we will raise invoices at regular intervals and charge accordingly.
If you do not provide us with your credit/debit card details you will be expected to pay your entire bill before you leave, and if you are attending for longer courses of treatment, 50% of the estimated cost must be paid in advance, the balance to be settled before you leave.
If you are seeking NHS funding, after your initial consultation and with your approval, we will write to your GP with details of any recommendations, and request their written support for an application for NHS funding.
With the written support of your GP and/or NHS consultant, we can compile an application for funding, which will include an estimate, and we will send the application to the relevant NHS funding body for their consideration. Without support from an NHS clinician, regrettably, we will not be able to continue to pursue the request for NHS funding.
Please note that the success rate of our NHS funding applications is currently below 10% and NHS funding bodies will not usually pay retrospectively. Therefore, if funding is approved, it will be for future treatment from the date of approval.
 Please wear tops with short sleeves and preferably wear
cotton clothes which have been washed in unscented washing materials such
as bicarbonate of soda. If you are taking any drugs or medicines, please
bring them with you and, upon your arrival, show them to the nurse in charge.
To find out where Breakspear Hospital is located and the address, go to Contact Us > Directions to find us.
Please do not wear anything perfumed when
you attend the hospital. This also applies to anyone who may accompany
you or who may wish to visit you.
 On your arrival at the hospital, report to the receptionist
who will assist you with the formalities of admission.
If you are visiting a consultant, a member of staff
will direct you to the appropriate consultation room when available. If
you have not been shown to a consulting room within 15 minutes of your
scheduled appointment time, please inform Reception.
No visitors are permitted in the Testing Room without
prior arrangement with the nurse in charge. Visitors who have
not made a prior arrangement will have to be met in the Dining Room. All
children must be accompanied by an adult. This is for the benefit of all
patients and to avoid disturbance in the Testing Room.
Due to the nature of the treatment at the hospital,
fresh flowers are not permitted in the Hospital or the Guesthouse.
 Tea, coffee, herbal tea and filtered water are available
in the patients’ dining room.
If you are receiving treatment at the hospital for a
full day, the lunch programme is included in the day rate. We recommend
and are able to provide a “rotation
diet” as part of this service.
The hospital chefs will discuss your midday meal with
you personally while you are at hospital.
For people staying at the Guesthouse, evening meals
may be pre-ordered from the hospital kitchen and collected before 5:00pm.
For patients not staying at the guesthouse, these made-to-order meals are
available for £12.50 excluding VAT.*
For the comfort of all patients, mobile phones are not
permitted in the ward. If you need to make a call, please use your mobile
phone in the reception area. Alternatively, there is a coin-only payphone
in the reception area. For patients staying at the guesthouse, Montrose,
there is a similar payphone. These phones do not accept phone cards.
The Hospital cannot be held responsible for loss or
damage to property of any description brought onto the hospital site. We
recommend that you do not bring articles of value with you. If this is
unavoidable, such articles may be deposited with the Accounts Department,
where you will be issued with a receipt.
 Wheelchair access is by the front door of the building.
Primary treatment areas are all on the ground floor of the building.
For disabled patients staying at the Guesthouse, Montrose,
special arrangements will need to be made by the patient if extra nursing
is needed. Alternatively, an escort may accompany the patient.
Once a month, the fire alarm is tested. Staff will be
aware that it is a test.
In the event that the alarm sounds
continuously while you are at Breakspear, a member
of staff will advise you that it is not a drill, and that you
should evacuate the building. Please leave all your belongings
in the hospital, and walk calmly to the exit to which you will
be shown. All patients should assemble in the car park near
the entrance to the car park and should remain there until
advised that it is safe to re-enter the building.
Smoking is not permitted anywhere within the Hospital
or the Guesthouse.
| Pharmacy and Antigen Vaccine Orders |
While under care at Breakspear, you will be provided with a list of all supplements prescribed for you during your stay and maintenance treatment after discharge.
If you
wish to re-order pharmacy products, please go to our Prescriptions section which will explain how to re-order and provide an order form.
If you wish to re-order antigen vaccines, please go to our Instructions for Re-Ordering Antigen Vaccines section, which will explain how to re-order and provide an order form.
*Breakspear Medical Group reserves the
right to alter prices without notice.
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