What is going on at Kings College Hosp?

[Mrs TP]

I'm on the waiting list for minor day surgery (stomach hernia repair) at our lovely local hospital - Kings. Someone from there just phoned me and asked if I would like to have my op on 30 Nov under the same consultant but 'off-site'. I asked what 'off-site' meant and the lady said Weymouth Hospital. I declined and checked the web, Weymouth Hosp is 139 miles from me.

What on earth is going on?

[womanofdulwich]

I dont know - if they paid for you to go there it might be quite nice??

[Mrs TP]

Ah ha - just received a kindly PM telling me they probably mean the Weymouth Hospital in Weymouth Street W1 (private hosp). The caller from Kindgs did not make that clear at all but just said Weymouth Hospital ...

I found the confusion quite funny initially but now I am probably back at the bottom of the waiting list after declining.

[Marmora Man]

The Weymouth Hospital is managed by the BMI group of private hospitals. It's a small 8 bed unit just off Harley St. King's is undoubtedly trying to reduce its waiting list and at least one of its General Surgeons must have a private practice at the Weymouth.

[Mrs TP]

Cheers. Have spoken to someone at Kings who laughed and sympathised that it wasn't explained to me properly. If I hadn't posted on here I would still be none the wiser.

[Gidget]

The problem with doing this is if you have a general anesthetic then person charged with picking you up has to go all the way into Central London to collect you, possibly in the rush hour.