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 effective 1 March 2020.
Consulting rooms | Charge per hour | £21 plus VAT |
Charge per 1/2 hour | £11 plus VAT | |
Secretarial services | Charge per hour | £16.67 plus VAT |
Charge per 1/2 hour | £8.34 |
The following are provided to referring clinicians with practising privileges at Cromwell Hospital:
- 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.
- Marketing support, including speaking opportunities at GP events, print and online articles, inclusion in the hospital’s Consultant Directory.
Event | Date | Guests | Cost per person |
Medical advisory board gift | December 2018 | 14 | £125 |
Christmas reception | December 2018 | 188 | £230 |
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.
Medical advisory board (MAB)
Name of referring clinician | Role | Payments made 2018 |
Dr Brian O’Connor | Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board Chairman of the Practice Privilege Governance Committee | £0 |
Summary of duties performed
Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board, co-ordinating advice and support to the Hospital Director of Cromwell Hospital by contributing to effective clinical governance and direction so ensuring that Cromwell Hospital provides the safest and highest quality of care to its patients.
Serves on the Practice Privileges Governance Committee advising the Hospital Director of Cromwell Hospital on matters in relation to Consultants, Good Medical Practice and the Practice Privileges Policy.
Name of referring clinician | Role | Payments made 2018 |
Dr Michael Anderson | Co-opted member of the Practice Privilege Governance Committee | £10,000 |
Summary Duties performed
Serves on the Practice Privileges Governance Committee advising the Hospital Director of Cromwell Hospital on matters in relation to Consultants, Good Medical Practice and the Practice Privileges Policy.
Name of referring clinician | Role | Payments made 2018 |
Dr Jamal S Karwan | Clinical Director for General Practice | £15,000 |
Dr Michael Markiewicz | Clinical Director for Paediatrics | £2,500 |
Dr Brian O’Connor | Clinical Director for Medical Services | £0 |
Mr David Peterson | Clinical Director | £15,000 |
Dr Nick Plowman | Clinical Director | £0 |
Professor Philip MacCarthy | Clinical Director | £15,000 |
Dr Michael King | Clinical Director | £15,000 |
Dr Umeer Waheed | Clinical Director | £15,000 |
Dr Christopher Walker | Clinical Director | £15,000 |
Summary Duties performed
Clinical Directors provide advice and support to the Hospital Director of Cromwell Hospital by contributing to effective clinical governance and direction, so ensuring that Cromwell Hospital provides the safest and highest quality of care to its patients.
Gamma knife centre
Summary of duties performed
To develop and lead an internationally recognised centre in the delivery of Gamma Knife Radio surgery. Participate in the Multidisciplinary team meetings, clinical audits and outcomes.
Name of referring clinician | Role | Payments made 2018 |
Professor Christer Lindquist | Co-director | £95,331 |
Professor Bodo Lippitz | Co-director | £0 |
Multidisciplinary teams (MDT)
Summary Duties performed
Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT) Clinical Chair coordinates clinical advice from the MDT to ensure the safest and highest quality of care for patients at the Cromwell Hospital.
Name of referring clinician | Role | Payments made 2018 |
Dr John Costello | Clinical chair lung | £10,000 |
Mr David Peterson | Clinical chair neurology | £4166.65 |
Dr Ra’ad A Shakir | Clinical chair neurology | £405 |
Professor Robert Leonard | Clinical chair breast | £5,000 |
Mr Michael Dinneen | Clinical chair prostate | £10,000 |
Dr Charless Lowdell | Clinical chair gastrointestinal | £0 |
Mr Fausto Palazzo | Clinical chair endocrine | £10,000 |
Dr Iqbal Malik | Clinical chair heart | £0 |
Mr Ahmed R Ahmed | Clinical chair bariatrics | £10,000 |
Mr Paul Harnett | Clinical chair musculosketal | £3,750 |
Appraisers
To appraise consultants whose responsible organisation is Cromwell Hospital.
Name of referring clinician | Role | Payments made 2018 |
Mr David Peterson | Appraiser | £1,600 |
Dr Romana Kuchai | Appraiser | £14,400 |
Dr Michael Markievicz | Appraiser | £2,400 |
Clinical leads
Name of referring clinician | Role | Payments made 2018 | Summary of duties performed |
Dr John Costello | Drug and therapeutic | £5,000 | Drugs & Therapeutic Clinical Chair coordinates clinical advice from the D & T committee to ensure the safest and highest quality of care for patients at Cromwell Hospital. |
Dr David Feuer | Palliative care | £15,000 | Providing assistance with advice and support for EOLC (end of life care) for Cromwell Hospital patients. |
Mr Giles Davies | Rapid access breast services | £23,600 | Providing assistance with advice and support for Rapid Access Breast Services at Cromwell Hospital. |
Dr Brian O’Connor | INR | £0 | INR Clinical Lead coordinates clinical advice from the INR service to ensure the safest and highest quality of care for patients at Cromwell Hospital. |
Dr Angus Kennedy | Adult safeguarding | £0 | Providing assistance with advice and support for Adult Safeguarding at Cromwell Hospital. |
Dr Darvinder Sharma | Clinical Safety Officer | £0 | Providing assistance with advice and support for the CSO/CCIO services at Cromwell Hospital. |
On call services
Summary of duties performed
To provide emergency advice and treatment as applicable to patients referred to, or in Cromwell Hospital.
Name | Role | Payments made 2018 |
Prof Philip MacCarthy | Cardiology on call | £3,400 |
Dr Rodney Foale | Cardiology on call | £3,200 |
Dr Iqbal Malik | Cardiology on call | £4,100 |
Dr Asif Qasim | Cardiology on call | £0 |
Dr Raffi Kaprielian | Cardiology on call | £0 |
Dr Jonathan Byrne | Cardiology on call | £0 |
Dr Narbeh Melikian | Cardiology on call | £1,900 |
Dr Piers Clifford | Cardiology on call | £3,000 |
Dr John Costello | Medicine on call | £3,200 |
Dr Anne Mier | Medicine on call | £2,800 |
Dr Brian O’Connor | Medicine on call | £0 |
Dr Suveer Singh | Medicine on call | £8,000 |
Dr Nida Chammas | Medicine on call | £6,300 |
Dr Michael Markiewicz | Paediatrics on call | £1,100 |
Dr Sophie Rosseneu | Paediatrics on call | £4,800 |
Dr John P O’Connell | Paediatrics on call | £0 |
Dr Wathik Alsaud | Paediatrics on call | £1,150 |
Dr Ajay Desai | Paediatrics on call | £2,900 |
Dr Akash Deep | Paediatrics on call | £4,350 |
Dr Charles Stewart | Paediatrics on call | £4,200 |
Dr Nagi Barakat | Paediatrics on call | £7,800 |
Dr Yiannis Ioannou | Paediatrics on call | £4,400 |
Dr Christopher Walker | Adult anaesthetics on call | £1,700 |
Dr Marco Scaramuzzi | Adult anaesthetics on call | £10,950 |
Dr Imran Mohammad | Adult anaesthetics on call | £22,750 |
Dr Hanif Meeran | Adult anaesthetics on call | £7,930 |
Dr Clare O’Connor | Adult anaesthetics on call | £8,100 |
Dr Francesca Rubulotta | Adult anaesthetics on call | £23,700 |
Mr Ahmed R Ahmed | Surgery on call | £0 |
Mr Amin Haji | Surgery on call | £3,800 |
Professor Nadey Hakim | Surgery on call | £5,400 |
Dr Wayel Jasem | Surgery on call | £0 |
Mr Bijendra Patel | Surgery on call | £0 |
Mr Evangelos Efthimiou | Surgery on call | £1,600 |
Mr Aamir Khan | Surgery on call | £800 |
Mr Rajiv Vashisht | Surgery on call | £0 |
Dr Andrew Palmer | Renal on call | £13,700 |
Mr Jack Gifford | Renal on call | £4,550 |
Dr Darryl Hampson-Evans | Paediatrics anaesthetics on call | £5,800 |
Dr Robin Sutherland | Paediatric anaesthetics on call | £1,050 |
Dr Joanne Norman | Paediatric anaesthetics on call | £6,050 |
Dr Mark Sarrar | Paediatric anaesthetics on call | £0 |
Dr Richard Johnson | Paediatric anaesthetics on call | £0 |
Dr Mauro Arrica | Paediatric anaesthetics on call | £0 |