Before, during and after your second opinion

Choose your clinic, date and time, then pay securely online to confirm your appointment. No referral from your GP or your current consultant is needed. Once booked, start gathering what you have: any scans (on disc or via a secure link), operation notes, clinic letters and discharge summaries. Our preparing for your appointment page has a full checklist and explains how to request records you do not already hold.

Contact the team before your visit for instructions on sharing reports and imaging securely. You do not need everything before you book. If you are missing something, come anyway; Professor Lee can still give you a useful opinion based on what you bring and his examination, and tell you what else would help.

Your visit includes a MAI Motion scan as part of the movement assessment. The team explains the scan and discusses its findings in the context of your symptoms.

The findings are considered alongside your history, existing imaging and clinical examination.

You receive a written summary of the opinion. With your consent, a copy can also go to your GP. What you do with it is your decision; see after your second opinion for how that works.

Before you leave, check that you understand the main points of the opinion and whether any question remains unresolved. If a further investigation is suggested, ask what it would help establish and how its result could change the advice. You do not need to pretend you understand a term: ask for an explanation in everyday language.