Online GP appointments for Bolton, with consultations in Urdu, Punjabi or almost any other language.
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
Bolton has substantial Urdu, Punjabi and Gujarati-speaking communities, and healthcare that only works properly in English does not work properly for a significant part of this town.
Dr Khan consults natively in Urdu and Punjabi, with no interpreter needed. For other languages we use a professional medical interpreting service — which matters, because interpreting through a relative means someone's teenage child translating a question about their parent's bowel habit, and a lot goes unsaid as a result.
A 20-minute appointment costs £40, available 6am to 10pm, seven days a week.
The Royal Bolton Hospital serves the town and a wide surrounding catchment, with specialist services drawing into central Manchester and Salford. The hospital is well used and works under real pressure, which is felt most at the front end — getting seen for something that is worrying but not an emergency.
Bolton grew on cotton, and like most former textile towns it carries the economic legacy of that industry's decline. Deprivation is concentrated in the town centre and the wards immediately around it, with a markedly different picture in the outlying areas toward Bromley Cross and Horwich.
The town has one of the larger South Asian populations in Greater Manchester, long established rather than recent, spanning several generations. Health needs in these communities differ in ways that are well documented — earlier onset of type 2 diabetes, higher cardiovascular risk at lower body weight — and are not always reflected in standard screening thresholds.
Bolton's population is also younger than the national average, with more families and working-age adults, which shifts demand toward access and away from long-term condition management.
Consultations in Urdu or Punjabi remove a genuine barrier here, particularly for older patients who may have lived in the UK for decades without ever feeling fully understood in a medical conversation.
Diabetes and cardiovascular screening deserve earlier attention in South Asian patients. Risk rises at a lower BMI than standard guidance assumes, and HbA1c testing catches the reversible stage.
Women's health and sexual health are areas where a private, confidential appointment with no local waiting room removes a real obstacle for some patients, and that is worth saying plainly.
The Royal Bolton Hospital holds the emergency department for the borough.
Chest pain, stroke symptoms, sudden breathlessness or a suspected fracture go there or to 999, not to a remote consultation. We would tell you the same thing within seconds of a call starting.
Bowel screening from 50 — a kit through the post, minutes to complete, and one of the few screening tests proven to save lives. Return rates are lowest where outcomes are worst, which makes returning it the highest-value free thing on this page.
Cervical screening from 25 and breast screening from 50 are both free and both matter more than any private blood panel.
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
Farnworth, Horwich, Westhoughton, Bromley Cross, Little Lever, Kearsley, Blackrod, Egerton
Population served
Randox Health at Holland & Barrett in Manchester is the nearest partner clinic.
Ask your NHS GP first. Where the same test can be done free at your surgery, that is the better answer and we will say so rather than take the fee.
Vista Health's Salford diagnostic centre at West One Retail Park, Eccles.
Check the NHS wait before paying, and ask about Right to Choose — a different NHS provider with a shorter wait, at no cost to you.
Yes — interpreting can be arranged in a wide range of languages. Ask when booking so it can be confirmed beforehand.
It genuinely matters. Medication instructions and safety-netting advice depend on precision that an informal interpretation loses, and a family member interpreting is not the same thing.
If you are of South Asian heritage, it is worth asking about.
Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk are markedly more common in South Asian communities and often develop at lower BMI thresholds than standard guidance assumes.
An HbA1c is a simple test and your NHS GP will do it free, as does the NHS Health Check from 40.
Often not, and we will tell you when.
A pharmacist treating you free today beats paying us. So does a free GP blood test, and so does Talking Therapies for low mood.
What £40 buys is speed, and twenty unhurried minutes.
Yes — Farnworth, Horwich, Westhoughton, Bromley Cross, Little Lever, Kearsley, Blackrod and Egerton.
Yes — electronically, to whichever you use. You collect it; nothing is posted.
Several things are cheaper over the counter than a prescription charge, and we will say when that applies.
Examine you — no blood pressure, no chest, no internal examinations.
And we never prescribe opioids or stimulants remotely, nor benzodiazepines or z-drugs for ongoing use.
Bolton 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, and will not imply one we do not have.
Clinically reviewed by Dr Mohammad Zubair Khan, GMC 7563469
Last reviewed
August 30, 2026
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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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