With NHS diagnostics services under strain from acute diagnostic requirements, the New Foscote Hospital has bolstered the service locally with it’s growing diagnostic service, offering support to the local NHS service as well as offering timely, private appointments to those who do not wish to delay their diagnoses and subsequent care pathways.

Despite a great deal of hard work over the course of last year, the NHS waiting list still sits a record high six million patients.

As well as private covid testing, Foscote offers on site pathology and laboratory diagnostics, a full radiology service, including ultrasound, X-Ray and MRI, as well as a state-of-the-art endoscopy suite - allowing quick, accurate and safe diagnosis of all significant disease, injuries and conditions, including bowel cancer screening.

Private appointments can be made quickly with a GP referral, and patients without medical insurance have the option to self-fund their diagnostic appointment.

Quite often, patients choose to go private for their diagnostic appointment to alleviate the anxiety of waiting for a diagnosis or to allow for a sooner start to treatment in the event that a diagnosis is made.

The New Foscote’s endoscopy service has recently been rated ‘excellent’ in a survey of their patients, with feedback including: “The staff were amazing. Very clean, outstanding hygiene standards. Well organised and comfortable. The best hospital I have been in.”

For more information on The New Foscote Hospital, their diagnostics service or any other services, you can visit their website: thefoscotehospital.co.uk or call their enquiries and bookings team on:01295 252 281.