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Care

Five kinds of care, one front door.

What happens, how long it takes, what it costs and who you'll see. Not sure which you need? Book a GP appointment and start there.

A doctor at the ultrasound machine, probe in hand, smiling towards the couch.

The scan room, first floor: a doctor at the ultrasound machine, the couch by the window

01 Family medicine

Twenty minutes with a GP.

For the cough that won't go, the mole you keep checking, the tiredness, the letter for work. Dr Ruth Linden sees adults in Room 1 every weekday: from 08:00 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, and until 19:20 on Monday and Thursday.

Seeing the same doctor over time is linked to fewer hospital admissions, so we book you with the doctor you saw last time whenever we can. If you need a test or a scan, it usually happens in the same visit.

Who
Dr Ruth Linden
How long
20 minutes, or 40 for a long appointment
Bring
A list of the medicines you take
A doctor holding an X-ray film in her consulting room.
  • GP appointment20 min£85Book
  • Long GP appointment40 min£140Book
  • Phone or video appointment15 min£55Book
  • Health check with blood testsIncludes a well-person blood panel and a follow-up call.45 min£245Book

02 Cardiology

Your heart, checked in one afternoon.

Dr Amara Okoro, a consultant cardiologist, sees patients on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons until 19:20. A first visit includes a 12-lead ECG, done by Jo just before you go in.

An ECG takes about ten seconds: ten small stickers record your heart from twelve angles. If symptoms come and go, a Holter monitor records for 24 hours while you carry on, with a button to press when you feel something.

A blood pressure cuff fastened round a woman's upper arm.
  • Cardiology, first visit with ECG40 min£220Book
  • Cardiology follow-up20 min£140Book
  • 12-lead ECG with a cardiologist's report20 min£75Book
  • 24-hour heart monitor (Holter)20 min£195Book
  • 24-hour blood pressure monitor20 min£150Book
  • Echocardiogram (heart scan)40 min£280Book

03 Children's health

Babies to eighteen.

Dr Clara Voss is a consultant paediatrician. She sees babies, children and teenagers in Room 2, and scans children's hips, tummies and kidneys herself, so you don't come back on another day.

Bring the Red Book, the record you were given when your child was born: it holds their growth, checks and vaccinations. A favourite toy helps too. Jo gives children's vaccinations in the treatment room.

Who
Dr Clara Voss
How long
20 minutes, 30 for a baby check
Bring
The Red Book
A doctor kneeling to examine a little girl's tummy while the girl watches.
A nurse in teal scrubs holding a child's hands during a vaccination.
  • Children's appointment20 min£75Book
  • Baby check (under 1)30 min£95Book
  • Children's ultrasound20 min£150Book

04 Ultrasound

A scan, and the report before you leave.

Dr Priya Raman, a consultant radiologist, scans adults on weekday mornings except Thursday. The person who does your scan reads it, so the report is ready the same day.

Ultrasound uses sound too high to hear, above 20,000 Hz, and builds the picture from its echoes. It needs no needles and no sedation. For a pelvic scan you'll need a full bladder, because water carries the sound well; for an abdominal scan, an empty stomach.

Who
Dr Priya Raman
How long
20 minutes
A child lying on the couch during an ultrasound scan, a soft toy beside her.
  • Abdominal ultrasound20 min£190Book
  • Pelvic ultrasound20 min£190Book
  • Thyroid and neck ultrasound20 min£170Book
  • Joint or soft-tissue ultrasound20 min£180Book

05 Blood and lab tests

Blood clinic from 08:00.

Jo Mercer takes blood in the treatment room from 08:00 on weekdays and 09:00 on Saturdays. Fasting tests go first, so you can have breakfast sooner.

Several tubes come from one needle, usually from the vein inside the elbow. Samples taken before 11:00 go to the lab with the first courier, and most results reach your portal the same afternoon with a note from your doctor.

Who
Jo Mercer
How long
10 minutes
Before
Some tests need 10 to 12 hours without food. Water is fine.
A nurse preparing supplies at the counter of the treatment room.
  • Blood test appointmentPlus the tests your doctor asks for, from £25.10 min£20Book

Tests we price on their own

  • Full blood countsame day£25
  • Cholesterol (lipid profile)same day£30
  • HbA1c (average blood sugar)same day£30
  • Thyroid (TSH and free T4)same day£40
  • Kidney and liver functionsame day£35
  • Vitamin D1 to 2 working days£45
  • Ferritin (iron stores)same day£30
  • Well-person panel (14 tests)same day£120