As of 13 August 2026, AI can only partly find a private diagnostic scan.

What to actually do

1. Hand it to a person

   The route this page recommends

   A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.

2. Use a tool built for this

   Second choice

3. Do it yourself

   The distant third

   A chat interface, no skill needed, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Write down your postcode, travel limit, preferred timing, budget and any referral or scan request you already have, without pasting unnecessary medical records.
   2. Open the NHS website and the NHS 111 online service; use NHS 111 first if your symptoms are urgent or worrying rather than arranging a private scan through a chatbot.
   3. Paste the prompt into a chatbot and add your details, asking it to return a shortlist with a source link for every provider fact.
   4. Open each suggested provider's own website and confirm that it offers the exact scan, accepts your referral status, serves your location and states how results are reported.
   5. Contact the two most suitable providers to confirm the current price, appointment availability, referral rules, reporting clinician, cancellation terms and what happens if the result needs follow-up.
   6. Check the provider's registration with the relevant UK healthcare regulator, then ask your GP or another qualified clinician to confirm that the proposed scan is appropriate before you pay.

   Prompt

   Help me find a private diagnostic scan provider in the UK. Do not diagnose me, decide which scan I need or tell me that a scan is medically necessary. If my symptoms sound urgent or worrying, tell me to contact NHS 111 before discussing private providers.
   
   My details:
   - UK location or postcode: [postcode]
   - Maximum travel distance or areas I can reach: [travel limit]
   - Scan type requested by a clinician, if any: [scan type or unknown]
   - Body area or reason for the request, described without sensitive personal details: [brief description]
   - Whether I have a GP or specialist referral: [yes, no or unknown]
   - Preferred appointment timing: [timing]
   - Maximum budget: [budget or unknown]
   - Accessibility or communication needs: [needs or none]
   
   Find a shortlist using current public information. For each provider, give its name, location, scan types, whether a referral appears to be required, how to contact it, and the exact webpage where each fact appears. Separate confirmed facts from details that need checking. Do not invent prices, availability, accreditation, clinical claims or waiting times. Tell me what I must ask the provider before booking, including who reports the scan, how results are sent to my clinician, what happens if the scan is inconclusive, and whether a relevant UK healthcare regulator covers the service. Remind me to confirm the scan type with a GP or qualified clinician if I do not already have a referral.

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.