The arithmetic, including the part that argues against buying a membership.
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Both are ours, so we have no reason to push you towards either. What follows is the arithmetic.
Individual membership costs £180 a year paid monthly, or £150 paid annually. A consultation is £40. Membership therefore starts paying for itself at roughly four consultations a year.
Membership makes sense for people whose use is predictable and regular:
Families. The clearest case by a distance. Children get ill often and briefly, and the family tier covers two adults and up to four children for £30 a month — the same as two individual memberships, so the children are effectively free. Cover runs to 18, or to 25 in full-time education, anywhere in England or Wales.
Long-term conditions. Regular review, repeat prescriptions without booking, and no hesitation about asking a question.
Starting HRT or another treatment needing titration. The first year commonly means several reviews.
Anyone who has put off asking a doctor because of the cost. Removing the charge at the point of use is the whole point.
Pay as you go is cheaper for most people. If you see a doctor once or twice a year, membership costs you more and you should not buy it.
No commitment at all. Nothing to cancel, nothing to remember, no recurring payment.
Better for a single specific need. A letter, a test interpretation, a second opinion. One transaction, done.
Better for trying us out. There is no reason to commit before you know whether the service suits you.
Identical clinical care. Membership buys access and convenience, not better medicine. The consultation is the same twenty minutes with the same doctor either way.
You can join at any point, including immediately after a consultation, and cancel whenever you like.
Membership is £180 a year paid monthly, or £150 paid annually. A consultation is £40.
Paid annually, membership costs less than four consultations. Paid monthly, less than five. Below that, pay as you go is cheaper. Above it, membership is.
That is the whole calculation, and we would rather show it than dress it up.
If you are a single adult in good health, start pay as you go. There is no advantage to committing before you know how much you will use it, and you can join at any point — including straight after a consultation.
If you have a family, the arithmetic favours membership almost immediately.
Both are ours, so we have no reason to steer you either way.
Four a year if you pay annually at £150, five if you pay monthly at £180.
Below that, pay as you go is cheaper — though letters and repeat prescriptions shift the sum in membership's favour if you need those too.
Yes — consultations are unlimited.
That is what removes the hesitation about whether something is worth £40, which for most members turns out to matter more than the money.
Yes. Family cover is £30 a month for two adults and up to four children — the same as two individual memberships, so the children cost nothing extra.
Cover runs to age 18, or 25 in full-time education, anywhere in England or Wales — which is useful once they leave home.
A single adult in good health should start pay as you go. Switch when you find yourself booking a fourth appointment.
A family should probably start with membership.
No. Same doctors, same twenty minutes, same standard.
Membership buys access and convenience, not better medicine.
Not on membership — repeats are included without booking one.
On pay as you go a consultation is needed, which is often the deciding factor for anyone on regular medication.
It saves £30 a year. Whether that is worth paying up front is a cashflow question rather than a clinical one.
Then it was the wrong choice, and you should switch back. There is no minimum term.
We would rather you paid us less and stayed than paid for something you are not using.
No. Laboratory fees are set by the laboratory and medication is paid at your own pharmacy — true on either option.
We take no margin on either, so membership cannot subsidise them.
Yes, whenever you like. There is no minimum term and nothing to negotiate.
A service that has to lock people in is telling you something.
Clinically reviewed by Dr Mohammad Zubair Khan, GMC 7563469
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August 29, 2026
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Same-day access is usually available, from 6am to 10pm, seven days a week. You choose a time that suits you rather than waiting on hold at 8am.
Yes. Care is led personally by Dr Mohammad Khan, so you are not passed between clinicians. Continuity is the point of a small practice: someone who knows your history and is listening attentively rather than working through a checklist.
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.
No. We are not here to replace GPs, only to support them. Your NHS practice remains responsible for your ongoing care, and with your consent we write to them after the consultation. We are useful when you need to be seen sooner, or want more time than a standard appointment allows.
Twenty unhurried minutes and a comprehensive assessment. A written treatment plan is included, along with any prescription, sick note or referral letter arising from the consultation, at no extra charge.
£40 for 20 minutes, self-pay. Membership is optional and never required. Priced for fairness, because we are not here to charge extortionate amounts for access to a doctor.
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.
Call 999 or go to A&E — do not book an online appointment and do not wait for a reply to an email. For urgent problems that are not emergencies, NHS 111 is available 24 hours a day, online or by phone, and can direct you to the right service.
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