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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BooJewels" data-source="post: 1051876" data-attributes="member: 181094">Yes, you still need a referral from a GP for a private consultation - you can't just walk in off the street to see one - it still starts with your GP.  If it's a private hospital - which I believe Spire are - the secretary probably assumed that if you don't have insurance, you'll be paying for everything yourself.    Some private hospitals do see NHS patients, my husband had surgery last year in a private hospital, with full private care levels, but only because they do a small amount of overflow work for the NHS and it happened to be the nearest hospital to us when we were given a list to choose from.</blockquote>

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