Photodynamic therapy - Medical specialists

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.

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.

The ISAC Clinic (formerly Amersham Clinic) is an Integrated Skin and Allergy Care (ISAC) clinic in multiple locations in the London, Uxbridge, Northwood, Great Missenden, Oxford, and Slough areas. The clinic has a fully-rounded team comprised of skin and allergy specialists that provide personalised medical, surgical, cosmetic, and psychological skin care. In addition, they have a clinical psychologist and work closely with choice plastic and vascular surgeons to provide the best services available for their patients. The clinic truly goes above and beyond; they offer services such as treatment of skin disease, skin cancer, body image concerns, anti-ageing, skin imperfections, body image concerns, and many more. All consultants at The ISAC Clinic are registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) and hold positions as consultants at NHS posts. To keep their high standard, all specialists within the clinic have the appropriate credentials based on their speciality. Their affiliations include: Royal College of Physicians British Association of Dermatologists British Medical Laser Association British Photodermatology Group British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology British Society of Cutaneous Allergy British Society of Dermatology Surgery British Society for the Study of Vulval Disease British Teledermotology Society British Psychological Society The London Paediatric Allergy Group The London Contact Dermatitis Group British Association of Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology (BABTAC)