Consultant and Availability Review — NH.com & BUPA

Consultant	Specialty	Hospital	Region	NH Overall	BUPA Overall	NH Score	BUPA Score	BUPA Found

Consultant	Specialty	Hospital	Region	Overall	Photo	Clinical Terms	Specialty	Procedures	Insurers	Qualifications	GMC Number	Book Online	Appointments (4 wk)	Days to first appt	< 12 appts (4 wk)	Fixes needed

Consultant	Specialty	Hospital	Region	Found	Core Score	Photo	Specialty	Treatments	Fee Assured	Platinum	Open Referral	Nuffield Hospitals	Other Hospitals	NH Consultant Link	Anaesthetists	Failed Aspects

Nuffield Health profile nuffieldhealth.com

Eight checks determine an overall pass or fail. All eight must pass.

The eight pass/fail checks

Check	What is tested	How to pass
Photo	A profile photo is present on your Nuffield Health profile page.	Upload a professional headshot through the Nuffield Health profile portal.
Clinical terms	Your "About me" text or your procedures list includes at least one recognised medical term.	Use words such as surgery, procedure, treatment, diagnosis, therapy, clinic, laparoscopic, arthroscopy, endoscopy, oncology, cardiology, orthopaedic, fracture, biopsy, resection, implant, rehabilitation, assessment, screening or similar in your about text or procedures list.
Specialty	At least one specialty is listed on your profile.	Add your specialty (e.g. Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery) to your profile.
Procedures	At least one procedure or treatment is listed on your profile.	Add at least one procedure or treatment to your profile.
Insurers	At least one accepted insurer is listed on your profile.	List the insurance companies you accept (e.g. BUPA, AXA Health, Aviva).
Qualifications	Your medical qualifications are listed on your profile.	Add your qualifications (e.g. FRCS, MBBS, MD) to your profile.
GMC number	Your seven-digit GMC registration number appears on your profile page.	Add your GMC number to your profile.
Book online	Online appointment booking is enabled for your profile.	Contact your Nuffield Health relationship manager to enable online booking.

BUPA Finder profile finder.bupa.co.uk

Nine criteria are scored. A score of 7 or more out of 9 is a pass.

The nine scored criteria

Check	What is tested	How to pass
Photo	A profile photo is present on your BUPA Finder profile.	Upload a photo to your BUPA Finder profile.
Specialty	Your BUPA profile has a "Specialises in" or "Areas of interest" section with at least one item listed.	Ensure your BUPA profile has your specialty or areas of interest completed.
Treatments	Your BUPA profile has a "Treatments and services" section with at least one item listed.	Ensure your BUPA profile has at least one treatment or service listed.
Fee Assured	You are registered as BUPA Fee Assured.	Contact your BUPA relationship manager to register for Fee Assured status.
Platinum	You hold BUPA Platinum consultant status.	Contact BUPA to discuss eligibility for Platinum status.
Open Referral	You are on the BUPA Open Referral network.	Contact your BUPA relationship manager to join the Open Referral network.
NH Hospital link	Your BUPA profile lists a Nuffield Health hospital as one of your practice locations.	Ensure Nuffield Health appears as a practice location on your BUPA Finder profile.
NH Consultant link	Your BUPA profile contains a link back to your Nuffield Health consultant page.	Ask your Nuffield Health contact to request that BUPA add a link to your nuffieldhealth.com profile page.
Anaesthetists	At least one anaesthetist is listed on your BUPA Finder profile.	Ask your preferred anaesthetist(s) to link their BUPA Finder profile to yours.