Cholecystitis - Doctors specialists of The Exeter Friendly

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.

The Princess Margaret Hospital, part of the Circle Health Group, is a leading private hospital in Windsor that offers its patients a high quality, private orthopaedic surgery, general surgery, cataract surgery, as well as a diagnostic imaging department. The facilities that the hospital boasts include 18 consulting rooms, four operating theatres, a JAG-accredited endoscopy suite, an elective paediatric service, as well as an oncology suite staffed by specialist nurses delivering a wide range of chemotherapy treatments and regimes to patients under the care of consultant oncologists. Patients can also benefit from a physiotherapy department staffed by chartered, state-registered physiotherapists. The Princess Margaret Hospital is also a renowned centre of excellence in the field of pulmonology.

Chelmsford Urology Clinic is a renowned clinic in Essex that treats a wide range of urological issues, including erectile dysfunction and male infertility. They offer PSA screening, diagnostic tests and treatment for kidney stone diseases, urinary tract symptoms, incontinence and urological cancers. Chelmsford Urology Partnership offers a wide range of expertise, from robotic and laparoscopic kidney surgery to complex stone management. They specialise in female and male urological problems, urodynamics and paediatric urology, complex stone surgery and endourology. The team offers a full range of treatments including complex operations and are able to accommodate a wide choice of appointments.