• If a patient plans to seek reimbursement from a private insurer, it is the patient's responsibility to check before the visit whether the insurance company will cover the costs of the visit to a specific specialist or the costs of a specific procedure.

• Not every doctor is on the list of specialists in the UK (this is only a requirement for doctors working as consultants in a hospital).

• To check the registration status of a doctor, please visit the website https://www.gmc-uk.org/. In the "search the register" tab, enter the specialist's first and last name.