Larch House
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A doctor gives a young girl a high five as she sits on the examination couch, a soft toy on her lap.

Seen on time.

A doctor-led clinic in Kelmford for adults and children. GP appointments, heart checks, scans and blood tests under one roof, most of them bookable today.

Book a visit Call 01632 960 418

Open Monday to Friday 08:00 to 19:30, Saturday 09:00 to 13:00

14 Orchard Row, Kelmford

GP appointments are twenty minutes

Reception 01632 960 418

Today

Live from the appointment book

Twenty minutes, starting on time.

Appointments here are twenty minutes long, and your doctor comes to the waiting-room door at the time on your text. This is today's sheet. Every apricot slot can still be booked.

Today's appointments load here. You can also book online or call 01632 960 418.

What we see

Five kinds of care, one front door

Adults, children, hearts, scans and blood.

Each has its own room and its own doctor. If you need two of them, it usually happens in the same visit.

  1. 01Family medicineGP appointments for adults, twenty minutes each. from £85A doctor with grey curly hair and glasses, stethoscope round her neck, standing in her consulting room.
  2. 02CardiologyA consultant cardiologist on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, ECG in the same visit. from £75A blood pressure gauge held up in a nurse's hand, teal scrubs behind it.
  3. 03Children's healthA paediatrician for babies, children and teenagers. Bring the Red Book. from £75A doctor listening to a little girl's back with a stethoscope while the girl holds up her shirt.
  4. 04UltrasoundAbdominal, pelvic, thyroid and joint scans, with the report before you leave. from £150A hand resting on the ultrasound controls while the other holds the probe.
  5. 05Blood and lab testsBlood clinic from 08:00. Most results reach your portal the same day. from £20A capped sample tube in an open palm, a rack of tubes behind it.
A consulting room in daylight: two olive-green chairs facing the doctor's desk, a window behind.

Room 1. Two chairs: one for you, one for whoever comes with you.

A visit, by the clock

A morning appointment at Larch House

The reception desk: white marble, a warm light underneath, a plant at the end.
A doctor in a white coat at the open door of room 2, raising a hand to greet someone.
A doctor sitting at her desk, turned towards the patient, hands folded.
Hands in a white coat holding a tray of labelled blood tubes in front of a bright window.
An ultrasound machine's control panel and keyboard beside the examination couch.
A doctor typing at her desk, a small vase of flowers beside the screen.

  1. Sam at reception checks you in by name. If you're early, there's water and a seat by the window.

  2. At the time on your text, your doctor calls your name from the waiting-room door. No screens, no numbers.

  3. Time for what you came about and the thing you nearly didn't mention. An ECG takes about ten seconds to record; the rest is talking.

  4. If you need tests, Jo takes them in the treatment room straight away. Several tubes come from one needle.

  5. If you need a scan, it's in the room at the end. The doctor who scans you writes the report before you leave.

  6. Blood results reach your portal the same afternoon. Your doctor reads them first and writes you a line about what they mean.

A smiling doctor with grey curly hair and glasses sitting in her office.

Who runs it

“I opened Larch House because ten minutes isn't long enough to listen to anyone.”

Dr Ruth LindenGP, founder, Room 1 since 2011

Ruth has been a GP for twenty-two years and still sees patients every weekday. Seeing the same doctor over time is linked to fewer hospital admissions, so wherever we can, we book you with the person you saw last time.

Meet the doctors

Prices

Self-pay or insured

What it costs, before you book.

  • £85GP appointment20 minutes
  • £75Children's appointment20 minutes
  • £220Cardiology, first visit with ECG40 minutes
  • £190Abdominal or pelvic scanreport the same day

Insured? Ask your insurer for an authorisation number before you come, and we bill them directly. You pay only your excess or anything your policy doesn't cover.

See every price

Results

A blood test taken at 09:24

Same day, with a doctor's note.

Blood taken before 11:00 usually comes back the same afternoon. Your doctor reads it before you do, and if it needs a conversation, we ring you.

How results work

Opening hours

Open six days, until 19:30 on weekdays.

Monday to Friday 08:00 to 19:30. Saturday 09:00 to 13:00. Sunday closed.

Three sage-green chairs under a painting in the waiting room.

14 Orchard Row
Kelmford KM4 2LH

Six parking spaces behind the house, free for patients.

Step-free entrance and a lift to the first floor.

01632 960 418

Getting here