Online GP appointments for Bury and Prestwich, with city-centre blood testing a short tram ride away.
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
Bury covers a wider range of communities than its size suggests — a market town centre with a strong local identity, the commuter belt along the Metrolink line, and Prestwich, home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the UK outside London.
That last point has real clinical relevance, and it is one of the few places where genetic risk is a genuinely useful conversation rather than a curiosity.
Twenty minutes with a GMC-registered GP costs £40, available 6am to 10pm, seven days a week, with blood testing in central Manchester.
Fairfield General serves the borough, with specialist services drawing into Manchester and Salford. The Metrolink line running through Bury and Prestwich makes central Manchester genuinely accessible, which shapes where people go for hospital care and how they think about travelling for an appointment.
Bury is a mixed borough. The town centre and the areas around Radcliffe carry more economic pressure; Ramsbottom, Tottington and parts of Prestwich are considerably more comfortable. The distances between them are short.
Prestwich's Jewish community is long established and substantial, and brings healthcare considerations that are specific and well documented. Founder mutations affecting breast and ovarian cancer risk are considerably more common in people of Ashkenazi descent than in the general population, at a rate that makes family history a meaningful clinical signal rather than background information.
The borough also has a substantial commuter population working in Manchester, with the usual consequence for appointment availability during standard hours.
Genetic risk assessment is worth raising for patients of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, particularly where there is any family history of breast, ovarian, bowel or prostate cancer. Knowing whether testing is appropriate is a conversation worth twenty minutes.
Long-term condition review is prominent in the borough's older communities — blood pressure, cholesterol, thyroid and diabetes monitoring.
Commuter-pattern presentations are common: stress, poor sleep and cardiovascular risk factors, usually described as tiredness rather than named directly.
Fairfield General serves the borough, with specialist services drawing into Manchester and Salford.
Chest pain, stroke symptoms, sudden breathlessness or a suspected fracture go there or to 999, not to a remote consultation.
Bowel screening from 50, cervical screening from 25, breast screening from 50. All free, all invited automatically, and each does something no private blood panel can.
Where there is a strong family history of breast, ovarian, bowel or prostate cancer, say so — it can mean earlier or more frequent NHS screening, and that is free too.
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
Prestwich, Radcliffe, Whitefield, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Unsworth, Besses o' th' Barn
Population served
Possibly — and the right route is the NHS, free, rather than a commercial test.
Certain inherited gene changes are more common in some populations, including people of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, and Prestwich has a long-established Jewish community where this comes up.
NHS genetic services provide testing with counselling before and after, which matters enormously — a result of this kind affects screening, risk-reducing options, and your relatives. Ask your GP for referral; it costs nothing.
What we can do is take the family history properly and write that referral. What we would not recommend is a direct-to-consumer DNA test, which delivers a life-altering result with no support attached.
Randox Health at Holland & Barrett in Manchester — straightforward on the Metrolink from Bury or Prestwich.
Vista Health at The Croft Shifa Health Centre, Belfield Road, Rochdale.
Ask about the NHS wait before paying, and about Right to Choose, which lets you select a different NHS provider at no cost.
Yes — Prestwich, Radcliffe, Whitefield, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Unsworth and Besses o' th' Barn.
Circumstances vary considerably across quite short distances here, and the appointment and the price are the same wherever you are in it.
Yes — 6am to 10pm, seven days a week. With the Metrolink running into the city, a large share of the borough works in Manchester.
Yes — electronically, to whichever you use. You collect it yourself.
Sometimes, and often not. A pharmacist, a free GP blood test or Talking Therapies will serve plenty of people better, and we will say so.
Examine you — no blood pressure, no breast examination, no internal examinations, no cervical screening.
Which matters here: a lump you have found needs seeing in person, urgently, not investigating by blood test.
And we never prescribe opioids or stimulants remotely, nor benzodiazepines or z-drugs for ongoing use.
Bury 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 until there is one to quote.
Clinically reviewed by Dr Mohammad Zubair Khan, GMC 7563469
Last reviewed
August 30, 2026
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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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