Private and VIP care · Private clinic days
The clinic, closed for youHalf a day or a full day at 66 Harley Street, with nobody else booked.
Imaging directly before you are seen, a decision from Professor Lee in the same visit, and one coordinator for everything around it. Subject to availability.
Reviewed byProfessor Paul Lee MBBch, FRCS (Tr & Orth), PhDCartilage and joint preservation expertiseWho it suits
Four reasons patients ask for the clinic to be closed
You need discretion
Your presence in a clinic would be noticed, and you would rather it was not.
You need it done in one visit
A diary or a season that cannot absorb a scan one week and a consultation the next.
You come with a team
Club doctors, management, family or security who need space and time with the clinic.
You are flying in
One planned visit, with the concierge handling the trip around it.
How the day runs
From the first call to follow-up
Before the day
One conversation, then a plan
You or a nominated person speaks to the coordinator. Existing imaging and records are gathered and reviewed by Professor Lee, and a virtual consultation can settle the likely plan before you travel.
Arrival
The clinic is yours
No other patients are booked for your session. You are met on arrival and taken straight through. Chauffeur transfers and The Landmark London are arranged where you want them.
First hour
Imaging, directly before you are seen
Where a scan is needed it happens immediately before the consultation, so Professor Lee is looking at pictures taken that morning rather than a report from weeks ago.
The consultation
A decision, not a referral
Professor Lee goes through the findings with you and, where you want them present, your own medical or management team. You leave with a plan and a written summary.
The same day, where appropriate
Treatment that can happen in clinic
Injection-based treatments can often be given on the same day once the plan is agreed. Surgery, where it is the right answer, is planned for a partner hospital a few minutes from the clinic at a date that suits you.
Afterwards
Follow-up wherever you are
Early reviews can be remote where clinically appropriate. Rehabilitation is written to be delivered by your own team, with the clinic available throughout.
Concierge and VIP · Our partner hotel
The Landmark London and a fully handled trip
London Cartilage Clinic is partnered with The Landmark London, one of the city’s great hotels. From the moment you enquire to the day you fly home, scans, consultation, treatment, recovery and accommodation are packaged and handled as one.
The Landmark London
A high-level hotel arrangement as your base, in the tier of a Mandarin Oriental or Shangri-La, a short journey from the clinic.
Chauffeur transfers
Chauffeured airport transfers and journeys between your hotel, the clinic and the surgical venue.
A dedicated coordinator
One team handling your medical records and MRI coordination from the first call through to full recovery.
Scans, care and rehab
Imaging arranged for you, a tailored preoperative plan and access to high-end rehabilitation facilities.
Visiting us
How to find us
Consultations
66 Harley Street
London W1G 7HD
United Kingdom
Surgery
A partner hospital on Weymouth Street, a few minutes from Harley Street. Imaging is arranged for you as part of your pathway.
From the airports
Chauffeur transfers from Heathrow, Gatwick, London City and Luton can be arranged as part of the concierge service.
A note on what this is not
A private clinic day changes the setting and the schedule. It does not change the clinical standard, which is the same for every patient Professor Lee sees, and it does not change the answer. If the right advice is to do nothing, that is the advice you will get.
Private clinic days
Questions we are asked
What does a private clinic day include?
The clinic at 66 Harley Street reserved for you for half a day or a full day, imaging directly before your consultation with Professor Lee, a single coordinator, and in-clinic treatment on the same day where that is clinically appropriate. Chauffeur transfers and accommodation through The Landmark London are arranged where you want them.
How is it priced?
A private clinic day is quoted individually once the coordinator knows what you need, and confirmed in writing before anything is booked. London Cartilage Clinic is direct pay. Where you hold private medical insurance it is usually pay and claim back using an itemised invoice.
How far ahead do I need to arrange it?
Sessions depend on the clinic diary and on Professor Lee being in London. The coordinator will tell you what is possible for the dates you have. Short notice is sometimes workable; it is always worth asking.
Can surgery happen on the same day?
No. Surgery is planned separately at a partner hospital a few minutes from the clinic once the plan is agreed and the pre-operative checks are complete. Injection-based treatments can often be given in clinic on the day.
Who will know I have been?
Only the team caring for you. Nobody is named in any public material and the clinic does not comment on who it treats.
Who asks for this
The patients a closed clinic is built for
Each page describes a different set of pressures and the way the clinic adapts to them.
Professional footballers
Season calendars and return-to-play decisions, handled quietly and quickly, with your club involved only if you want it.
How the clinic adapts
Golfers
Tour windows, long travel and joints that have to hold a swing. Treatment timed between events.
How the clinic adapts
Screen and stage
Production schedules, physical roles and a public profile. Care that stays out of the frame.
How the clinic adapts
Executives and public figures
A diary with no gaps, constant travel and a reputation to protect. Decided in one visit.
How the clinic adaptsPrivate and VIP care
Arrange a private clinic day
Tell the coordinator the dates you have and what you need. You will have a written proposal before anything is booked.
Call 0330 043 2571Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Outside those hours, send the form and the coordinator will call you back.