sychiatrists in London cost 45 per cent greater than the remainder of the UK, with sufferers forking out round £100 extra on common, new knowledge reveals.
The typical price for an preliminary session with a psychiatrist within the capital is £400, with a comply with up appointment costing £200.
That’s in contrast with the nationwide common of £275, excluding London, for an preliminary session and £165 for a comply with up, in line with MyTribe Insurance coverage.
Personal psychiatrists are the least costly in Birmingham, at £290 for an preliminary session, intently adopted by Manchester the place sufferers are set again £295.
Preliminary consultations price £360 in Southampton, £300 in Scotland and £130 in Northern Eire.
Londoners are additionally paying extra to see a non-public psychologist, MyTribe Insurance coverage discovered.
Psychologists in London cost 37 per cent greater than the remainder of the UK, at £100 for an preliminary session in comparison with £73, MyTribe Insurance coverage discovered.
The costs are based mostly on data from almost 600 specialists throughout the UK in July and August, MyTribe Insurance coverage stated.
The survey additionally discovered that it prices, on common, 27 per cent extra to see a medical marketing consultant in London in comparison with the remainder of the UK.
Medical consultants embrace physiotherapists, orthodonists and cardiologists.
With NHS wait instances for non-urgent psychological well being remedy reaching as much as 18 weeks, Londoners could also be pressured to contemplate personal healthcare.
Of the sufferers ready for psychological well being providers in June 2022 throughout England, 75.9 per cent had been seen inside 18 weeks, NHS knowledge exhibits.
“1.6 million individuals are actually on the ready checklist for remedy from psychological well being providers, and an additional eight million individuals who may benefit from assist can’t get on the ready checklist as a result of they’re not deemed ‘unwell sufficient’,” Gemma Bryne, a spokesperson for psychological well being charity Thoughts, advised the Customary.
“The pandemic has taken an enormous toll on the nation’s psychological well being, with many individuals experiencing psychological well being issues for the primary time, whereas others felt their current psychological well being issues worsen.
“Some teams have been hit notably laborious, together with younger individuals, these on low incomes and other people from racialised communities.”
Stephen Buckley, head of data at Thoughts, stated it’s frequent to be on a ready checklist earlier than getting remedy by way of the NHS.
For anybody ready, Mr Buckley recommended common bodily exercise, retaining a nutritious diet, staying in contat with family members and retaining your thoughts stimulated.
The Royal Faculty of Psychiatrists declined to remark.
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