Cancer Pain - Doctors specialists of Bupa Global

Sapphire Medical Clinics are an award-winning group of medical cannabis clinics based in London alongside various locations around the UK including Cambridge, Manchester and Scotland. Sapphire specialises in treating various illnesses that come under the medical umbrellas of cancer, dermatology and gastrointestinal conditions alongside neurological conditions, pain conditions and psychiatric conditions. The highly-qualified Sapphire Medical Clinics team, who are internationally-renowned consultants that offer expert medical services in the clinic's specialities, are trained in safely prescribing cannabis-based medicines. As a collective, they possess years of senior clinical leadership experience that deal with complex cases in areas such as pain medicine, palliative care and psychotherapy. Sapphire prides itself in providing patient-centred treatment from it's accomplished doctors who provide a high-quality service, which is evidenced in their patient's glowing testimonials. Those taking their first step towards medical cannabis treatment, and those moving on from a different medical cannabis clinic, are expertly-guided through a care process which is safe and straightforward as possible. This is so patients access the treatment they need. All patients undertake an eligibility assessment and are required to provide information from their GP and/or other specialists they may have seen already.  If patients are joining from another cannabis clinic, they are required to provide clinic letters they have been given. Sapphire Medical Clinics are regulated by the Care Quality Commission as the UK's highest-rated medical cannabis clinic, and Healthcare Improvement Scotland as the only medical cannabis clinic with Scottish regulatory approval.

HCA UK at The Shard is a leading outpatients and diagnostic centre in central London that aims to diagnose and treat patients in a single visit. They offer same day consultations, prearranged one-visit clinic and unplanned diagnostic centres, and provide expert services in minor treatments, imaging, X-rays, CT and MRI scans alongside screening for prostate, breast, cervical and bowel cancer. The areas their specialist outpatient team specialise in are breast, colorectal and diabetes alongside endocrinology, ENT and head and neck, as well as gastroenterology. They are also experts in gynaecology, neurology and orthopaedics and pain management, as well as respiratory and thoracic services, physiotherapy, urology and vascular treatments. The team coordinates tests, assess patient condition and provide medication or minor treatments on the same day, where medically possible. If a patient's case is more complex, HCA UK at The Shard will ensure you have an onward health plan than may involve further treatment. This will either be at London Bridge Hospital or closer to the patient's home. They pride themselves in providing patients with a service where they benefit from the most knowledgeable specialist opinion, with the least inconvenience, in the safest of environments.

Mount Alvernia Hospital, part of Circle Health Group, has been treating patients in the Guildford area for almost 90 years, providing outpatient, day-case and inpatient services across a range of specialities including orthopaedics, general surgery, urology, women’s health, gastroenterology, gynaecology and dermatology. The hospital has 60 beds over five wards, three theatres, 15 consulting rooms and an ambulatory care unit which includes two Theatres for minor surgery. The hospital’s extensive imaging department houses CT, MRI, X-ray, digital mammography, ultrasound and bone densitometry, alongside a nuclear medicine department. It is one of the only private hospitals in the area to provide PET CT scanning. Alongside surgery, patients can also attend the hospital for private cancer care, physiotherapy and pathology (the hospital has a laboratory for blood tests and analysis). The on-site pharmacy also enables convenient collection of prescribed medication. Mount Alvernia’s private GPs are also based in the hospital; they offer 30-minute appointments and can easily refer onward to expert specialists, as well as for tests, scans and physiotherapy should patients require them.