We cannot refer you into the NHS at any price. Only your NHS GP can do that.
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This is the single most important limitation of any private GP service, and it is often left vague. We will be direct about it.
We cannot refer you into NHS specialist care. Not for a fee, not urgently, not at all. Only a GP working within the NHS can make an NHS referral. Any private service implying otherwise is misleading you.
Referral letter included in the £40 consultation
Free; specialist care then free at the point of use
Speed of the letter. Written and issued within ten minutes of your consultation, rather than waiting for an appointment to request one.
The letter is actually useful. History, findings, results to date and a specific clinical question. Many referrals fail because the question is not clear.
You choose the specialist. By name, by sub-specialty, by location.
Speed of being seen. Private specialists are typically available within days or weeks.
Tests arranged alongside. Where a scan or bloods would help the specialist, we can arrange them first so you arrive with results rather than being sent away for them.
Cost. An NHS referral is free, and so is everything that follows — outpatient appointments, imaging, surgery, follow-up. Private specialist care is not, and the cost of ongoing treatment can be considerable and hard to predict.
Urgent cancer pathways. The two-week-wait system is NHS only. Where your symptoms warrant one, that pathway is the right route and is faster than most private alternatives for what actually matters.
Complex and multidisciplinary care. Anything needing several specialties, a cancer multidisciplinary team, or intensive care is NHS territory. Private practice is not structured for it.
Continuity after the referral. NHS specialist letters go back to your GP automatically. Privately, that only happens if you agree we should be told.
Where something needs an NHS pathway, we say so plainly and write to your NHS GP the same day setting out the findings and the reason. We do not leave you to relay it yourself.
Pay for the private first appointment to get seen quickly, then transfer back into NHS care for the treatment.
This is legitimate and common, but it is not automatic — you re-enter the NHS list according to clinical priority, not at the point the private consultant left you. Ask about that before assuming it will be seamless.
No. No private GP can, at any price. That is a structural feature of how NHS referrals work, not a limitation of our service.
We can write to your NHS GP with our findings, which frequently helps — but the referral is theirs to make.
That is an NHS pathway and it is free. If we think it applies, we will say so clearly and write to your GP the same day.
We will also tell you to contact them yourself rather than wait for a letter to work its way through.
Usually they take it seriously, particularly where it sets out findings and reasoning.
They are not obliged to. The clinical decision remains theirs, and they may reasonably want to assess you themselves first.
Yes, and many people do. You are entitled to NHS care regardless of what you have paid for privately.
You join the NHS waiting list at the appropriate clinical priority, not at the front — that is worth understanding before you plan around it.
No, and it is worth being blunt about that. They are separate queues.
Paying privately gets you seen privately. It does not shorten your NHS wait.
An initial consultation is typically a few hundred pounds, and investigations and treatment are extra.
Ask for the full cost before booking, including what happens if further tests are needed.
Most reputable consultants require one, and insurers almost always do.
A letter also means the specialist starts with the relevant history rather than from scratch, which is worth more than it sounds.
Yes — it is part of the £40 consultation, not a separate charge.
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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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