Conditions We Treat

The conditions for which we provide Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) fall into two categories:
emergency and elective.

Emergency Treatments

A – Commissioned Emergencies

B – Other Emergencies (Not routinely funded by NHSE. Considered under certain circumstances)

Conditions We DON’T Treat

not approved by the UHMS

  • Cancer
  • Wellness, or Anti-Ageing
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Chronic fatigue syndrome
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Developmental disorders, including autism
  • Terminal cancer
  • Stroke
  • Long Covid & ADHD

Referrals and Funding

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 2019 Onwards.

LHM Healthcare is pleased to confirm that we are being funded by NHS England to provide a Pan-London emergency hyperbaric service at Whipps Cross University Hospital to cover the whole of London and southeast England.

We will also be providing a Hyperbaric emergency service for the East of England region from our Unit at the James Paget University Hospital in Great Yarmouth.

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.

  • Late radiation tissue injury – Treatment and prophylaxis of osteoradionecrosis)
  • Late radiation tissue injury – Treatment and prophylaxis of radionecrosis of soft tissue.
  • Selected Problem Wounds (eg. compromised grafts and flaps, diabetic foot ulcers, Hypoxic wounds etc.)

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.

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.