Lung Cancer Screening

Step 1: Complete a short eligibility form

To begin, you’ll be asked to complete a short questionnaire about your health and medical history. This helps our clinical team understand whether a lung health screen is appropriate for you.

In some cases, your GP may already have provided this information as part of a referral.

Step 2: Consultant review

One of our specialist consultants will carefully review your information. Based on this, they may:

• call you to ask a few additional questions

• explain what the screening process involves

• let you know if a different approach would be more suitable for you

If it’s clear from your form that a lung health screen would not be appropriate, our team will contact you to explain why and discuss alternative options. You can also find more information on this below.

Patients who are eligible for screening:

If both you and our specialist consultant are happy to proceed with the lung cancer screen, the package price is £1,000. This includes:

• your initial phone call consultation with our specialist consultant

• low-dose CT scan

• follow-up consultation with our specialist consultant to discuss your results and next steps

Patients who are not eligible for screening:

Lung health screening is designed for people without symptoms. If you’re experiencing symptoms, a screening scan may not be the right test for you.

However, if you’re worried about your lung health, you can still book a private consultation with one of our specialist consultants to discuss your concerns and explore the most appropriate investigations for you. If you don't meet the criteria for a lung cancer screen, and opt to follow the alternative route, charges will depend on the consultant's fees and or the required diagnostic tests.

Step 3: Your scan

If you’re eligible, you’ll be booked in for your scan at a convenient time.

The scan itself is quick and straightforward.

Step 4: Follow-up consultation

After your scan, you’ll have a 15-minute consultation with your consultant to go through the results and discuss any next steps.

Some consultants may prefer to spend more time speaking with you before the scan and less time afterwards, or vice versa. The total consultation time remains the same, and the approach will be tailored to your needs.

What happens if cancer is found during a screening?

If any abnormalities are found during your screening, you’ll be informed by the specialist on the same day. Our respiratory consultants are experts in the diagnosis and management of lung cancer and can help guide you through this difficult period. They’ll help ensure that you’re referred to the correct teams so that the next steps can be started as quickly as possible. Often, this will include further scans or a biopsy of the lesion. 

We can also support your pathway with the NHS by providing you with your full report and passing results to your GP. We’ll then continue to monitor your progress to ensure you don't become lost in the system, and we’ll also double-check whether you received the necessary follow-up appointments our team recommended.

Occasionally, other things can be picked up on our screening scans, such as blood vessel issues or other lung diseases. If this is the case, we’ll make sure you have all the information you need to decide what to do next and can also refer you to other specialists within the Welbeck ecosystem, if you wish. 

Sometimes we find small lesions on the lungs called lung nodules – these are very common and, in a small number of patients, can represent early or pre-lung cancers. Our private lung specialists are experts in lung nodule management and will explain their significance and help you get the ongoing care and monitoring you need. This is known as lung nodule surveillance.

CT scans involve ionising radiation, which carries a small risk. For lung screening at Welbeck, we use advanced low-dose CT scanners that only take a few minutes to give detailed images. This ensures every scan is as safe as possible.

You can usually go home or resume your normal activities immediately after your screening and follow-up appointment, and you’ll be able to drive yourself home if you wish.

The price of our private lung cancer screening is £1750.

At Welbeck, our respiratory consultants are experts in their field and are dedicated to providing world-class care to every patient.

With access to colleagues across other specialties, our consultants are also able to refer within the Welbeck ecosystem if required to ensure you receive the treatment you need as quickly as possible, all under one roof.  

All appointments, testing, treatment, and follow-up appointments take place within our state-of-the-art facilities, enabling us to deliver accurate diagnostics and advanced treatments.

To book a lung cancer screening, you must be referred by either your GP or a respiratory consultant following a consultation with them. Self-referrals are not accepted for this test.

If you would like to schedule a consultation with a Welbeck respiratory consultant, please get in touch to make an appointment. Your health is important to us, so we strive to offer same-day appointments whenever possible.

Our consultants are recognised by the major health insurance companies. If you have private health insurance, your treatment at Welbeck can begin once you have obtained authorisation. We also provide care to self-paying patients. Learn more about the different payment options at Welbeck.

A lung health screening is a straightforward test, with no preparation needed.