Outsourced Head and Neck Cancer Surgery for NHS Waiting List Patients

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University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust awarded a contract to HCA Healthcare UK for outsourced head and neck cancer surgery for patients who had been waiting more than a year on the waiting list of a specific surgeon.

The contract, valued at £500,000, addressed insufficient capacity within existing NHS core hours by securing additional surgical capacity from outside the NHS.

The surgeon held practising privileges to operate privately only at The Harborne Hospital, an Independent Sector Provider.

Continuity of the surgeon avoided the need for outpatient reviews and repeat diagnostic tests, saving time and money and reducing patient burden, including avoiding intrusive procedures such as nasendoscopy.