Sun damage - Doctors specialists of Cigna

The Priory Hospital, part of Circle Health Group, is the largest private hospital in Birmingham, West Midlands and focuses on providing patients with the utmost care and consultant-led treatment tailored around them. The Priory Hospital's Outpatient department provides the perfect space to meet specialist consultants and discuss any concerns that patients may have. They have a comprehensive imaging department for fast access to diagnosis and treatment. The Priory Hospital has an interventional suite for cardiac and radiology procedures; a dedicated cancer centre supporting patients at every step of their journey; a specialist fertility centre that offers a full range of conception therapies to help patients achieve their dream of becoming parents; a critical care unit, giving patients and consultants the peace of mind that a higher level of support is available. They perform a wide variety of procedures in the fields of orthopaedic surgery, general surgery, gynaecology and urology, but do also offer more complex procedures such as cardiac, thoracic and cancer surgery.

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 London Dermatology Centre is a highly established private clinic that offers its patients an incredibly high standard of expert care, which is tailored specifically for each patient's skin type. The dermatology-focused centre was first founded in 2005 by current clinical director and one of the UK's leading dermatologists, Dr Sunil Chopra. The clinic's team is comprised of exceptionally skilled, expert dermatologists who specialise in diagnosing and treating a wide variety of skin conditions, hair and scalp disorders, as well as skin cancers. The London Dermatology Centre certainly stands head and shoulders above any other skin-treating clinic in the country, as, impressively, the clinic offers various different specialised clinics within the centre, including a vitiligo clinic, eczema clinic, allergy clinic, hair loss clinic, aesthetic clinic, as well as an acne scarring clinic. Not only that, but the centre - which is registered with the Care Quality Commission - also boasts an all-new Icon laser treatment, a quick, easy and highly effective treatment option for acne scarring, scars, skin rejuvenation and for patients to undo sun damage to the skin.