Cromwell Hospital has a number of consulting rooms within the hospital premises, which are available to any referring clinician with practicing privileges (PPs). We also provide access to secretarial services to those with PPs.
The charges for consulting rooms and secretarial services are listed below. Note that both are available by the half hour as well as the hour. See table 1 below.
Cromwell Hospital also offers to collect professional fees on behalf of referring clinicians. This service is available to all clinicians with PPs at the Hospital at an administration fee of 4% of each patient professional fee charged + VAT.
Table 1 – Charges for consulting Rooms and Secretarial Services.
| Room | From 1 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Consulting rooms | £26.62 per hr + VAT £12.21 per 1/2hr + VAT |
| Secretarial services | £21.18 per hr + VAT £11.10 per 1/2 hr + VAT |
| Collection of professional fees on behalf of referring clinicians | 4% of each professional fee charged + VAT |
- We provide consultants with a range of services to ensure patient safety and clinical quality. These include access to a safe clinical environment, IT systems, Hospital policies & procedures (including Practice Privileges), mandatory training modules (eg safeguarding, competent staff), and a multidisciplinary team setup for all clinical areas. All equipment for consultants’ use is regularly maintained.
- We also ensure the support of our Medical Advisory Board and Clinical Directors , and monitor the professional and clinical documentation to ensure this is in place via dedicated admin support. Scope of practice is also monitored and we offer a strong governance process with all incidents and complaints captured via the Datix system.
- Consultants benefit from the support of our dedicated GP Liaison team (who promote consultants with the GP audience across London), and a Consultant Development Lead who monitors the support network for consultants, from ‘on-boarding’ to ongoing communication and aiding clinic development.
- Tea, coffee, refreshments and stationery.
- Limited parking on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Administrative services to process appointment booking and patient admissions.
- General clinical services including room provision for Multidisciplinary Team meetings and MDT Co-ordinators.
- Marketing support, including speaking opportunities at GP events, print and online articles, inclusion in the hospital’s Consultant Directory.
In 2024, Cromwell Hospital hosted various meetings and events with consultants from different specialties to introduce them to hospital teams and other healthcare professionals.
We also provided corporate hospitality at no cost to referring clinicians, including social events like Christmas parties and educational events such as service line demonstrations and symposia. These events were reasonable, proportionate, and not intended to influence referrals or reward clinicians for referrals.
To ensure transparency, we have disclosed below the frequency and cost of these events. Costs typically include food, drinks (paid to external vendors), and venue hire. Where applicable (e.g., dinners), costs are presented per attendee; otherwise, the number of invited attendees is provided for events where there was a fixed total cost.
Since 1 January 2024, Cromwell Hospital has hosted the following events:
- An educational Cardiology event in February 2024 costing £133 for each guest that attended.
- A Urology and Cardiology Service dinner in March 2024 costing £246 for each guest that attended.
- An educational Urology event in April 2024 costing £258 for each guest that attended.
- A networking dinner for GPs and Consultants in April 2024 costing £136 for each guest that attended.
- A Head and Neck educational dinner in May 2024 costing £250 for each guest that attended.
- A CPD event for Gynaecology in June 2024 costing £198 for each guest that attended.
- A consultant networking event in June 2024 for eight guests, which cost £299 per person.
- A Cardiology CPD dinner in July 2024 costing £246 for each guest that attended.
- The Cromwell Hospital annual summer party for Consultants in July 2024 costing a total of £27,037. 600 people were invited to this event.
- A Gynaecology educational event in July 2024 costing £5,000. 20 people were invited to this event.
- A consultant networking event in September 2024 for eight guests, which cost £395 per person.
- The Cromwell Hospital annual networking event for Consultants and GPs in September 2024 costing £33,000. 215 people were invited to this event.
- A ‘hot topic’ CPD networking event in September 2024 costing £200 for each guest that attended.
- A networking dinner for local healthcare professionals in October 2024 costing £162 for each guest that attended.
- An educational event for the Cardiac service in November 2024 costing £9,000. 85 people were invited to this event.
- An educational dinner for the Orthopaedic service in November 2024 costing £217 for each guest that attended.
- A CPD event for Chest and Lung service in December 2024 costing £294 for each guest that attended.
- A Paediatric and Respiratory educational dinner in December 2024 costing £162 for each guest that attended.
- The Cromwell Hospital Christmas party for Consultants in December 2024 costing £25,000. 600 people were invited to this event.
Private hospitals are required to disclose the details of any referring clinicians who have a financial interest in the hospital’s facilities, including equipment used there.
We confirm that no consultants have a financial interest in Cromwell Hospital’s facilities or equipment.