All diving / recompression chambers in the UK are either:
- Independent charities
- Privately owned based in NHS hospital grounds
- Privately owned based in private hospital grounds
- Privately owned based outside of hospital grounds altogether
There is no such thing as "an NHS chamber", however the NHS does "fund" treatment for decompression illness if the diver is:
- A UK citizen
- A non-UK citizen but with residential rights in the UK
DAN / UK-based dive insurance becomes invalid once the diver has returned to the UK, i.e. it can only be used if the diver is abroad, however a non-NHS entitled diver's insurance will be valid for treatment in the UK. |
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