Clinic location
I practise at 35 Great James Street, London WC1N3HB
If you would like to make an appointment, all you need to do is make contact with me directly by email me or call my office to book an appointment through my PA Emese on 07792 576 432. Please feel assured that there will be ample time at the initial meeting to include a time to meet without your child if you need to speak to me alone. Please simply inform me or my PA of this at the meeting.
Patients who come to see me are usually referred by another Doctor, most often a general practitioner or a paediatrician. The reasons to do this are that:
Health insurance companies often require it.
I would need professional information on the child’s background and development.
I may need to ask the doctor to carry out further treatments and it is unlikely that he or she will accept to do this without having previously been involved with the referral.
In the UK healthcare system, the GP holds the overall view of any individual’s health and represents the gatekeeper to specialist care. It is good practice to recognise this.
An initial full assessment will be carried out as a full single appointment and will include:
One hour and a half face-to-face work.
I will provide you with any necessary prescriptions for medicines at the appointment.
I will review previous reports (please send these to me beforehand if possible).
You will receive a written report after our meeting.
Liaison with any necessary parties: school teacher, and other clinicians involved.
Pricing
An initial full assessment will be carried out as a full single appointment and will be charged at a rate equivalent of 2 hours. Follow-up appointments are charged pro rata, either 30 minutes or one hour. My hourly rate is available on request. Please email me here for my rates.
Insurance
Having held a substantive Consultant post within the NHS, I am recognised by all major companies namely BUPA, AXA-PPP, Aviva, Cigna, Pru Health, Allianz, …
Usually there is no difficulty with health insurance reimbursement but you should check with your company beforehand. Not all UK health insurance policies cover psychiatry, so-called chronic disorders, “developmental problems” or what they call behavioural problems. The occasional company resists a charge over £180 for a first appointment because in most areas of medicine an assessment lasts 30 minutes. Although it is possible to carry out an assessment over two or three appointments, charging for each separately, this takes much longer and will not always solve the problem as insurance may well only pay for the first appointment.