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Expertly personalised treatment and care
- Lifestyle, medical and surgical treatments
- Leading gastrointestinal specialists, giving you reassurance and confidence
- Help to alleviate or eliminate digestive health symptoms that impact your life
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Specialist treatments and support you can trust
Our multi-disciplinary teams are here for you, with private consultant gastroenterologists, radiologists, pathologists and oncologists all working together to provide you with the best private digestive health care. You can trust us to help, with personalised treatments and support that put you first, 98% of our digestive health patients say they’d recommend us to family and friends.
Our specialists are expert at getting to the root of what’s causing your digestive health issues. We offer a whole range of private gastrointestinal (GI) tests as part of our exceptional diagnostic testing pathway. These include:
- Endoscopy: We offer a full capability, GI endoscopy service across HCA UK
- Biopsy: All samples are analysed by expert pathologists
- Imaging: We provide virtual colonoscopy as well as the latest CT, PET CT, MRI and ultrasound technology
- Bowel cancer screening: Checking for colorectal cancer
Yes, we can. Even if you don’t have any symptoms, you may still have concerns perhaps because you have a family history of bowel cancer or digestive health disorders. Our asymptomatic digestive health checks can help to give you peace of mind, and they include:
- qFIT (quantitative Faecal Immunochemical Test): A fast and accurate test available to patients aged 40 and over, looking for early signs of bowel cancer or other gastrointestinal issues
- Bowel scope screening: An endoscopic screening for colorectal cancer and the removal of any premalignant polyps that are found
- Inherited genetic testing: Carried out by a team of experienced genetic counsellors and clinical geneticists
Yes, in many cases, your symptoms can be greatly improved and managed by making sometimes quite simple dietary changes, by learning how to better manage stress and with a bespoke exercise regime.
Our team includes dietitians who can offer you the personalised nutritional advice you need to start feeling a real improvement in your symptoms.
Our team includes dietitians who can offer you the personalised nutritional advice you need to start feeling a real improvement in your symptoms.
A wide range of specialist treatments
We offer a range of treatments to help with common and more complex gastrointestinal conditions. Your care will be delivered by our skilled multidisciplinary teams, led by our private digestive health specialists and consultant gastroenterologists, taking you from a comprehensive diagnosis to treatment and ongoing support.
Medical treatments
The right medication support can make a real difference, and this can include specialist medications and infusions.
Surgical treatments
Our expert surgical teams are here to help with advanced techniques.
Lifestyle treatments
Often making a few lifestyle changes can start to transform your digestive health. We’re here to support you with effective solutions.
Advanced treatments
Access specialist advanced treatments including minimally invasive robotic approaches to help with a wide range of digestive health conditions.
Paediatric gastroenterology
Expert advice and specialist treatment to help your child manage a wide range of gastrointestinal (GI) disorders.
How to improve digestive health, treating common and complex symptoms
Whatever your symptoms or medical history, we’re here to help alleviate or eliminate any distressing digestive health symptoms that are impacting your daily life. Our reassuringly thorough approach can help with symptoms including:
- Abdominal pain
- Bloating
- Constipation
- Diarrhoea
- Dyspepsia
- Dysphagia
- Faecal incontinence
- Heartburn
- Indigestion
- Nausea and vomiting
- Rectal bleeding
- Regurgitation
- Weight loss
Accessing private health care
Self-pay
You don’t need health insurance to be seen quickly. If you’re looking for a diagnosis or treatment and don’t want to wait, all our private healthcare services – from private GP appointments through to surgery and aftercare – can be paid for as and when you need them.
And to give you peace of mind from the start, we’ll offer you a clear and transparent quote outlining exactly what’s included in your self-pay package.
Our locations
Digestive Health Centre
21 Wellington Road St John's Wood NW8 9SQ London
The Lister Hospital
Chelsea Bridge Road SW1W 8RH London
Chelsea Outpatient Centre - 280 Kings Road
280 Kings Road SW3 5AW London
Referring a patient to HCA UK
If you have a patient with digestive health issues looking for specialist diagnostic support and fast pathways to expert treatment, we make it easy for you to refer them to us. With a clear route to consultant-led care, we’ll work closely with you and your patient to get the timely answers and personalised care they need.
Our patient's stories
An intestinal failure success story
“I’m six foot two and my average weight at the time was around nine and a half, or 10 stone. If you look back at old family photos, I'm skin and bone, you know?”
Jon, 58, is recalling his referral for surgery a little over 10 years ago. Having lived with Crohn's disease of the small intestine for most of his life, he was showing signs of intestinal failure (IF) and was becoming dangerously malnourished.
Johanna's story
Johanna was diagnosed with advanced bowel cancer back in 2016. Five years on from receiving revolutionary cancer surgery at The Christie Private Care, part of HCA Healthcare UK, she is cancer free and feeling better than ever. Here she reflects on her treatment at the hospital and the expert care that helped her get to where she is today.
Mo's story
Mo Haque was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer back in 2014, shortly before his 32nd birthday.
Since then, he has undergone life-changing immunotherapy treatment at HCA UK at University College Hospital, which has meant his cancer is now stable. However, along his cancer journey, Mo was diagnosed with Lynch syndrome – a genetic condition which makes him more pre-disposed to certain types of cancer.
Since then, he has undergone life-changing immunotherapy treatment at HCA UK at University College Hospital, which has meant his cancer is now stable. However, along his cancer journey, Mo was diagnosed with Lynch syndrome – a genetic condition which makes him more pre-disposed to certain types of cancer.
FAQs
Any GP or clinician is welcome to refer you to our service.
Yes, you can. If you have a digestive health diagnosis that doesn’t feel right or you’d just like an expert opinion to make sure you’re on the right treatment pathway, our specialist team is happy to help. Just get in touch.
Results for some tests, such as an endoscopy, are available immediately, while others may take a few days to a week. We know that waiting for results can be stressful, so we’ll always do our best to get them back to you as soon as possible.
“No matter how old you are, or how fit and healthy you appear, if something doesn’t feel right get checked.”
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