FACEmed Cosmetic Medical and Dental Centre is a purpose-built CQC regulated Independent Hospital located in Crays Hill, Billericay. FACEmed opened in 2017 with the main aim of offering the local community a much-needed multi-specialty dental, medical and surgical facility all under one roof. The FACEmed building consists of two levels and is fully wheelchair accessible. The centre offers a spectrum of services that promotes optimal health and wellness unrivalled within a 15-mile radius of Crays Hill, Billericay.

FACEmed Today

Currently the Centre proudly serves over 4000 patients both private and NHS. In 2019 FACEmed introduced NHS podiatric day surgery. Surgical patients are operated on weekly for foot and ankle surgery such as bunions, hammer toes, Morton’s neuroma and more. The teams consist of NHS Consultant Podiatric Surgeons Jason Nandlal and Suzanne Taylor who train onsite the next generation of Essex Podiatric Surgeons – Specialist Registrars David Goyette and Richard Lang.

In 2022 the Centre introduced Hand Surgery with Professor Ben Miranda, another Essex NHS Consultant Surgeon currently treating patients for trigger finger, ganglions, carpal tunnel syndrome and other hand anomalies such arthritis (steroid injections) and skin lesions (benign and malignant cancerous lesions).

Also in 2022, the Centre introduced Dr Aby Valliattu – NHS GP Principle and Primary Care Surgeon from the Valkyrie Surgery, Benfleet, Essex. Dr Valliattu is a vasectomy surgery specialist and offers local anaesthetic vasectomies at the Centre.

Long-Standing Services at FACEmed

The longer standing services of FACEmed include day stay reconstructive surgery performed by Consultant Plastic Surgeons who are GMC Specialist Registered in head and neck reconstructive surgery including facial reanimation and microsurgery.

The management of benign and malignant skin cancer lesions at FACEmed is aided by the service level agreements in place with specialist laboratories in Essex such as Chelmsford Histopathology (based at Broomfield NHS) and Pathology First in Basildon. Specialist courier services collect samples and take them to the specialist laboratories for pathological diagnosis which is then relayed to the patient at FACEmed by their Consultant Surgeon.

In addition to NHS and privately funded healthcare, the Centre is registered as a provider of surgery for hand, foot, ankle and skin surgery with major private health insurers such as BUPA and AXA PPP.

The dental department at FACEmed currently offers a full spectrum of dental services including maxillofacial oral surgical procedures. Oral cancer screening is an integral part of the patient examination within the dental department and onsite X-Ray and CT imaging is also available. The state-of-the-art onsite Cone Beam CT scanner allows patients to have indepth imaging on the same day as opposed to being referred to a specialist imaging centre.  The Centre offers a private health insured essentials package for adults and children via Simply Health Denplan allowing patients to sign up for their continuous dental health checks and hygiene by paying a monthly fee.

FACEmed is home to the only 24/7 emergency dentist in Essex. The service level agreement acquired by FACEmed with 247 Dental Limited grants FACEmed with exclusivity on this particular service throughout Essex. Patients are provided with a dedicated number which allows them to book emergency dental appointments 24/7 including weekends and bank holidays.

Within the last 5 years FACEmed has fast become an integral part of the infrastructure of Crays Hill and the local community in Billericay contributing to local employment, upskilling, training and development of Essex-based clinical staff such as apprentice dental nurses and specialist registrar surgeons in foot and ankle surgery.