Hello and thanks for posting,

Unfortunately, I am not able to tell you this, as our experience is mainly with NHS services. However, The Royal Marsden Hospital has it's own private patients wing. 

So, you could contact them separately, for advice.

www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/.../contact-us-about-private-care

There is another website that has details of private health services,

www.privatehealth.co.uk/

You would maybe need to make contact with one of the larger private hospitals based in a larger town or city, as they may provide a broader range of services.

Some of the larger London NHS hospitals, also have private patient wings, so maybe look some up on their main hospital websites to see,

I hope that this has been helpful, 

Wishing you the best,

Vanda

Hi Vanda, 

Thanks so much for responding to my earlier message.  I left my breast care nurse a message this morning to try and find out more about when my appt is likely to be.  In the meantime, I did contact the hospital and they said they don't do the scan unless you are already a patient under their care and not as a one-off.  Someone else also recommended other hospitals so I contacted them and they said they don't have a waiting list and would be able to see me within a few days.  They couldn't tell me how much it would be though without my referral though (a standard MRI is £815). 

My BCN called me back and said my hospital will send the referral on Thurs after their MDT meeting, they will review it on Tuesday at their MDT meeting and she thinks I'm likely to get my appt next Friday or if not, the following Monday.  I'm feeling much better now knowing roughly when it will be.  Plus by the time I'd get the referral to a private hospital, it would only save me about 3-4 days so I'm going to wait. 

I hope this info helps someone else and thanks again for coming back me. 

Kindest regards,