For referrersFor GPs, emergency and acute medicine teams, physiotherapists, osteopaths, sports and exercise medicine clinicians, and solicitors’ case managers. One secure route, a prompt reply, and a plan you can act on.
Page last updated September 2026
referpatient.to/mr-marco-scarci — two minutes. Attach letters and imaging; no account needed.
enquiries@ribinjuryspecialist.co.uk — use secure email for identifiable patient information.
020 7459 4367 — acute trauma, suspected haemothorax, flail segment, or a patient you are worried about.
New patients are usually seen within a week, and acute rib fracture cases sooner. Clinic letters go to the referrer and the patient. NHS referrals to the thoracic surgery service at Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, go through the NHS e-Referral Service in the usual way.
A short referral is fine. If the case is urgent, a phone call is better than a perfect letter.
From the practice, with an appointment offer.
History, hands-on chest wall examination, review of imaging. Where imaging will change the plan — thin-slice CT with 3D reconstruction, dynamic ultrasound, MRI for stress fractures — it is arranged on the same visit wherever possible.
Under ultrasound guidance, where indicated.
Diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and who does what.
Rehabilitation goes back to you. Referring physiotherapists and osteopaths keep their patients; the plan is written to be delivered locally, with direct access to the practice for questions.
Private consultations and surgery at the Cromwell Hospital, the Wellington Hospital, the London Clinic, HCA Elstree and Imperial Private Healthcare. NHS care at Hammersmith Hospital. Video consultations are available for follow-up and for patients travelling from outside London.
Mr Scarci is recognised by the major UK private medical insurers. Self-pay consultation and procedure fees are available on request from the practice.
Ruling out the things that will not respond to rehabilitation — a non-union, a separated cartilage, a slipping rib, or a trapped nerve — is where a chest wall opinion earns its place.
Refer directly, without a GP letter for private patients. Your patient comes back with a diagnosis, imaging, and a plan that includes what to load and when. For athletes, return-to-sport planning is done jointly with club and team clinicians.
Treating-clinician referrals after road traffic accidents and accidents at work, through the same routes. Treatment reports and imaging are provided promptly for case management. Expert witness instructions go to the medicolegal practice, not this page.
Practice-based sessions for GP practices, physiotherapy teams and sports clubs — rib fractures in older adults, slipping rib syndrome, and chest wall pain that outlasts the tests. Arranged through the practice.
MD(Hons) · FRCS(Eng) · FCCP · FACS · FEBTS · Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Mr Scarci holds an NHS consultant post at Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and runs a chest wall practice across London’s leading private hospitals. He has performed more than 5,000 procedures at consultant level since 2011 and treats rib and chest wall injuries every week, from acute trauma to the long-standing pain that other tests have failed to explain.
Why a minor fall matters more after 65, and what specialist pain management changes.
ChronicWhen a fracture has not knitted — how it is confirmed and repaired.
MechanicalClicking lower ribs with normal scans — diagnosis and the surgical solution.
SportReturn-to-sport planning done jointly with club and team clinicians.
GuideA one-minute symptom guide for patients unsure which page applies.
Secure, no account needed, and imaging can be attached. For urgent cases, call the practice directly.
