Not of this doctor, but as regards NHS treatment charing cross has been a center of excellence in this specialism since the days of John Randall who treated me back in 1976.
The NHS route is perfectly competent and does eventually deliver. The only thing which most people would observe is that it does sometimes seem to grind along quite slowly. Even back in the late 70's and early 80's the waiting list for surgery could be quite long and for this reason many of us do prefer to opt for private treatment.
Ironically those of us who go private often end up seeing the exact same doctors so providing things seem to be moving along at a sensible speed and the PCT doesn't start being awkward over funding I would say no problem.
I can't speak with definitive authority about the psychiatric team because I only saw Randall in the 70's and then I had one other appointment in the mid 80's to get my surgical referral.
Even as a fully private patient, when I opted for a little cosmetic "update" last year, 25 years after my original op, I chose to be operated on by the team at Charing Cross, and I have nothing but priase for them. Their surgical skills are world class.
