Dr Christos Toumpanakis
Transparency under the CMA Order 2014
All private healthcare operators are required under the Competition and Markets Authority Order 2014 (“The CMA Order”) to be transparent about the relationship between their doctor and the private healthcare operator. Therefore, prospective patients should be aware that (in addition to being permitted to consult with and to treat patients at our facilities) this doctor also has an advisory role with HCA UK and is paid by HCA UK for this advisory role. We describe the nature of the role below, and we indicate how much the doctor has been paid for performing the role since 1 January 2021.
Dr Toumpanakis provides medical advisory services for HCA's The Wellington Hospital. In this role, he leads interactions with hospital medical staff and the hospital leadership team to assist the hospital by providing medical advice and promote high quality, cost effective care.
He contributes to the strategy, policies and decision making regarding neuroendocrine tumours treatment and advises HCA to ensure that care provided within the facility is appropriate and efficient. He also advises on initiatives to drive clinical standards by providing professional advice on clinical governance matters and ensuring the adoption of those by colleagues in the gastroenterology area.
In addition, he works with GPs, consultant colleagues, and patients nationally and internationally to educate and advise on relevant clinical updates to treatments in neuroendocrine tumours available in the facility. He advises on the accuracy of literature that may be published regarding relevant services. He also advises on how to make the patient referral smooth to reduce stress and anxiety for patients, and may participate in direct patient seminars.
HCA UK is charged by doctors in return for their expertise and advice, including on how to operate safe hospital facilities delivering complex care. All services provided under this agreement are charged to HCA UK.
In 2022 (until 31 August) the total paid for these services has been £0. In 2021, the total amount paid for these services to Dr Toumpanakis (trading with Prof Martyn Caplin as London Wellnet LLP) was £39,400.
If a doctor provides HCA UK with medical advisory services and also practises in the NHS, HCA UK requires that doctor to attest that he/she is not compromising his/her NHS commitments in so doing.