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Professor Fu Siong Ng
Imperial College Healthcare Private Care - Cardiology
What is the process for organising and booking a private cardiology assessment?
Professor Fu Siong Ng, Professor of cardiology, consultant cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist, explains booking a private cardiology assessment in this video, covering self-funding, insurance pathways, consultant choice and arranging appointments by phone or email. This offers practical, patient-friendly guidance for those considering private care.
Transcript
So anyone can get in contact with the team here to organise an appointment, either by phone or by email.
A normal process is if you're self-funding, you can just book an appointment with a consultant of your choice and that will be booked in and organised for you.
If you are insured, you will check with your insurance policy to make sure they pre-authorise you, for example, that they would cover your care and sometimes they might insist on the GP referral, but I would check with the specific insurers and their policy.