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Pre-visit checklist

Pre-visit checklist

If you have private medical insurance, you will need to contact your insurer to confirm whether you are covered for your consultation and whether you will need a GP referral. Your insurance company will provide you with an authorisation code, which you will be required to provide at the time of booking your appointment, along with your policy or membership number.

Our consultants are covered by all major private medical insurance companies.

If you have had previous scans or X-rays related to your condition, please bring these along with any other reports and copies of letters from your GP or specialists.

London’s Leading Specialist Orthopaedic Consultants

We are a group of established consultants who care about our patients. We cover all the subspecialty areas of orthopaedics:

  • Hand & Wrist
  • Shoulder & Elbow
  • Spine
  • Foot & Ankle
  • Hip
  • Knee

Meet the team at London Bridge Orthopaedics.

Our Consultants

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Consultants at London Bridge Orthopaedics provide service for patients with our without private medical insurance.

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