Please call our Patient Admin Manager on 020 8539 1222 for further information and how to make a referral.
Important Commissioning Information for Clinicians and Patients from 2025 Onwards.
LHM Healthcare is pleased to confirm that we are being funded by NHS England to continue to provide a Hyperbaric emergency service for the East of England region from our Unit at the James Paget University Hospital in Great Yarmouth.
The emergency service at Whipps Cross Hospital will no longer accept NHS emergency referrals but will continue to provide routine elective treatments on a privately funded basis for recognised indications.
In July 2018 NHS England published several new Commissioning Policies for HBOT and has confirmed routine funding for the following two emergency conditions:
In 2018, NHS England decided to withdraw routine funding for all other emergency and elective indications. NHSE does not fund research into HBOT but supports the collection of strong clinical evidence via the REDCAP data collection registry.
This will be achieved by providing treatments on an evaluative research basis and collecting clinical data using registries. These treatments will however no longer be funded by NHS England.
LHM Healthcare will continue to accept and treat NHS patients on an evaluative/ research basis for those conditions, which NHSE has previously funded and which align most closely with the principles of evidence-based medicine.
Treatment for these and other selected elective conditions will usually be provided at no cost to the patient by LHM Healthcare for NHS patients who are referred to us by NHS clinicians using established care pathways, and at the discretion of our team. Patients will be asked to enrol in our NHS-approved evaluative treatment program and make a voluntary donation to our research fund.
In partnership with:
The Hyperbaric Unit
Whipps Cross University Hospital
London E11 1RG
Office: 020 8539 1222
East of England Emergency:
01493 603 151
Two NHS hospital-based centres utilising both Multiplace and a monoplace Hyperbaric Therapy chambers and employing some of the best trained and most dedicated professionals working in the specialised field of Hyperbaric Medicine.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The NHS England commissioned Emergency Hyperbaric Service at Whipps Cross Hospital in London was closed to all NHS Emergency referrals from 1st October 2025. Self-referring divers and referral agencies are requested to refer to the BHA website and use the National Emergency Helpline to help locate the nearest appropriate alternative provider.
Please be aware that there is no longer a provider of Hyperbaric emergency services in the London area. Take into account extended travel times when accessing emergency treatment for decompression illness and Gas embolism.
LHM’s facility at Whipps Cross Hospital will be temporarily closed to all elective referrals from 1st October while the service undergoes a major reconfiguration and an upgrade to our Private Care Hyperbaric service at Whipps Cross Hospital. Watch this space for further information on the new improved service.
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