Online GP appointments for Altrincham and south Trafford, with blood testing six miles away at Cheadle.
Video and phone appointments, so no travel and no waiting room
Same-day appointments usually available, 6am to 10pm, seven days
£40 for 20 minutes, with no membership required
Prescriptions sent electronically to a pharmacy near you
Care led personally by Dr Khan
Attentive, unhurried care that listens properly
Five-star Google reviews from the people we have looked after
Registered with the Care Quality Commission
Altrincham sits in the borough where the NHS began — Trafford General, a couple of miles up the road, is where the service was launched in 1948. It is a useful reminder that private care here works best alongside the NHS rather than in opposition to it, which is how we try to operate.
What we add is time and access. Twenty minutes with a GMC-registered GP, for £40, available from 6am to 10pm seven days a week, without a journey or a waiting room.
Blood testing is about six miles away at Cheadle, and scans can be referred wherever suits you.
Altrincham looks to Trafford General for local services and into central Manchester for specialist care, with Wythenshawe also serving parts of the area. Transport is genuinely good by regional standards — the Metrolink runs directly into the city — which shapes expectations about convenience.
The town has undergone a well-documented revival over the past decade, with the market redevelopment drawing in younger professionals and families alongside a long-established affluent population. Private healthcare use is high and unremarkable here; most households are already paying for something.
South Trafford is consistently among the healthier parts of Greater Manchester on most measures. That does not mean demand is low — it means demand skews toward prevention, screening and continuity rather than toward urgent access.
A significant professional commuter population works in Manchester city centre or travels regularly, and expects healthcare to fit around work in the way that other services now do.
Preventive and executive screening is a frequent reason to book — people who feel well but want a baseline, and who treat a comprehensive panel as maintenance rather than investigation.
Menopause and hormone health come up often, generally from women who want a proper conversation about options rather than a decision made in ten minutes.
Stress, sleep and alcohol are recurring themes among a professional population working long hours, and are usually raised indirectly as tiredness or low mood.
Most households in this area already pay for something. That makes it worth being explicit about what does not need paying for.
Altrincham looks to Trafford General for local services and into central Manchester for specialist care, with Wythenshawe covering parts of the area.
For an emergency, none of that routing matters — 999 or the nearest A&E. Chest pain, stroke symptoms, sudden breathlessness or a suspected fracture never belong in a remote consultation, however convenient it looks.
Bowel screening from 50, cervical screening from 25, breast screening from 50. Free, evidence-based, and each does something a broad blood panel cannot.
If a consultation needs a blood test or a scan, we request it electronically and you attend a partner clinic nearby. Results come back to Dr Khan, who explains them to you.
Nearest blood-test clinic
Address
Nearest imaging centre
Hale, Bowdon, Sale, Timperley, Dunham Massey, Ashton on Mersey, Broadheath
Population served
Randox Health Cheadle — about six miles, and easy from anywhere in south Trafford.
Vista Health's South East Manchester diagnostic centre at Crownpoint Shopping Park, Denton.
Ask about the NHS wait before booking privately, and about Right to Choose — a different NHS provider with a shorter wait, at no cost. It is under-used here precisely because paying is the habit.
If you feel well and have no particular risk factors — honestly, probably not.
General screening in people without symptoms has not been shown to reduce death or serious illness, and a thirty-marker panel will flag something in most healthy people simply because of how reference ranges are built.
Where testing earns its place is symptoms, a family history, or a specific question. We would rather have that conversation than sell a panel.
Yes — Hale, Bowdon, Sale, Timperley, Dunham Massey, Ashton on Mersey and Broadheath.
Yes — 6am to 10pm, seven days a week. With the Metrolink running into the city, a large share of this area works elsewhere, and an appointment either side of the day is the only workable one.
Yes, within limits, and the limits matter.
Some things in children genuinely need examining — ears, chests, abdomens, and any unwell infant. We will say so rather than guess from a video call, and anything urgent in a young child should go to 111 or A&E rather than wait for us.
Yes — electronically, wherever you choose. You collect it yourself.
Examine you. No blood pressure, no examinations, no cervical screening.
And we never prescribe opioids or stimulants remotely, nor benzodiazepines or z-drugs for ongoing use.
Altrincham is in England, so our service is regulated by the Care Quality Commission, the independent regulator of health and social care in England.
CQC Provider ID: [TO BE ADDED BEFORE PUBLICATION]
Dr Mohammad Zubair Khan is on the GMC register, number 7563469, verifiable on the GMC's public register.
We quote no inspection rating. Where a provider does quote one, it is worth checking which service it covers and when it was awarded.
Clinically reviewed by Dr Mohammad Zubair Khan, GMC 7563469
Last reviewed
August 30, 2026
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Time to be seen
Appointment length
Your NHS record in the room
Written treatment plan
Told when a test isn’t needed
Cost
Same day, usually
20 minutes
Yes, with your consent
Included
Yes, and told why
£40 for 20 minutes
Varies by practice
Typically 10 minutes
Yes, your full record
Not routinely
Usually
Free
Same day
Often 10 to 15 minutes
Usually not
Sometimes charged
Varies by provider
Often a subscription
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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