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We sell health checks, so treat this page with appropriate suspicion — and then read it, because it argues against our own commercial interest.
The intuition behind a full body check is powerful and mostly wrong. More testing in a well person does not reliably produce earlier diagnosis of things that matter. It reliably produces borderline results.
The UK National Screening Committee assesses screening tests against strict criteria, and the great majority of tests sold in commercial packages have not met them — not because the NHS is stingy, but because population screening only helps when the evidence shows it does.
Run 30 tests on a healthy person and the probability that at least one comes back outside the reference range is high — because reference ranges are defined so that 5% of healthy people fall outside them.
Each one then needs explaining, repeating, or scanning. That is the cascade, and it carries anxiety, cost, radiation and occasionally the risks of an invasive procedure.
Consultation £40; tests priced individually by the laboratory
Varies widely by provider and package
The consultation comes first, and its purpose is to establish which tests would actually change what happens next. For most people that is a shorter list than any package.
We are not paid more for ordering more, which is the structural reason we can give that advice.
Age, sex, family history, ethnicity, medicines, symptoms and occupation all change which tests are worth doing. A package cannot account for any of that; a conversation can.
We will always check what you are already entitled to — the NHS Health Check for ages 40 to 74, bowel, breast, cervical and AAA screening, diabetic eye screening, and lung screening where available.
These have been through the National Screening Committee. Most commercial panels have not. Paying for something offered free is the commonest waste of money in private healthcare.
A borderline result gets context rather than a red flag. Sometimes the correct action is nothing, and saying so is a clinical decision rather than a cop-out.
We do offer comprehensive checks — for people with genuine risk factors, a relevant family history, or an occupational requirement. The difference is that the decision comes before the sale.
A bundled package usually costs less per test than ordering the same tests individually, and it is a single transaction.
People do have undiagnosed diabetes, kidney disease, thyroid disease, anaemia and high blood pressure found on a broad check, and finding those early is a real benefit. We are not going to pretend otherwise.
The honest framing is that these are the conditions a much smaller, cheaper panel would also have found.
For someone whose health anxiety is not shifted by explanation, a comprehensive normal set of results can genuinely help. That is a legitimate reason to buy one, provided it is a conscious choice rather than an implied medical necessity.
Some packages include scans, which do detect things bloods never would — aneurysms, gallstones, kidney lesions. They also find a great many harmless abnormalities that then need following up.
A one-stop package with everything done in a morning suits people who want it dealt with in a single visit.
If you have a symptom, you need a diagnosis rather than a screen. Buying a broad panel to investigate a specific problem is the wrong tool, and a normal panel does not exclude the thing that is causing your symptom.
We would rather sell you a £40 consultation and four well-chosen tests than a large package you did not need. That is worse for our revenue and better for you, and we would rather be the practice that says so.
No — and this is the most important misconception to unpick. More tests in a well person mainly produce borderline results, each of which invites further investigation. Trials of general health checks have not shown reduced mortality.
Generally no. Most cancers have no useful blood marker, and markers used for screening in well people cause far more false alarms than diagnoses. A normal panel does not mean you do not have cancer, which is precisely why a reassuring result can be dangerous if you have symptoms.
Blood pressure, weight and waist, HbA1c, cholesterol, kidney function, full blood count, and being up to date with national screening. That short list catches most of what matters, and much of it is free.
Yes, and it is free for ages 40 to 74 every five years. It covers the highest-value items. Ask your GP surgery.
Because for some people they are the right answer — real risk factors, relevant family history, occupational need, or a considered wish for reassurance. What we will not do is imply that everyone needs one.
Bring it to us and we will put it in context. A large proportion of borderline results need nothing more than an explanation, and sometimes a repeat in a few months.
Clinically reviewed by Dr Mohammad Zubair Khan, GMC 7563469
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Yes, with your consent. We can access your Summary Care Record during the consultation, so your current medications, allergies and significant history are in the room. That means fewer questions you have already answered elsewhere, and safer prescribing.
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It means the diagnosis can usually be made from your history and photographs, and that treatment can be arranged safely without examining you. Where a condition is not marked treatable online, it is because examination is the diagnosis — listening to a chest, feeling an abdomen, examining an ear or a joint — or because a procedure or device is needed.
Yes, where there is a genuine bacterial infection — cellulitis, impetigo, bacterial urine infections, confirmed strep throat. We will also frequently tell you that you do not need one. Most sore throats, coughs, colds and earaches are viral, and an antibiotic gives you the side effects with none of the benefit.
If your problem turns out to be genuinely outside what we can do remotely, the doctor will tell you straight away, point you to the right service, and refund your fee in full. We would rather do that than fill twenty minutes to justify the charge.
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