Online GP appointments for Chester and the surrounding area. £40 for 20 minutes, usually same day.
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
Chester sits closer to the Welsh border than to Manchester, and that single fact shapes healthcare here more than most people expect. Households a few miles apart can be registered with practices in two different NHS systems, with different prescription rules and different referral routes.
A private consultation cuts through that. Wherever you are registered, and whichever side of the border your GP sits on, you get a 20-minute appointment with a GMC-registered doctor for £40 — usually the same day, including evenings and weekends.
Nothing here requires you to travel into the city. Consultations are by secure video or telephone from wherever suits you, and where a blood test is needed the nearest collection point is at Broughton, a short drive over the Welsh border.
Chester is served by the Countess of Chester Hospital, with specialist and tertiary services drawing patients toward Liverpool. For a city of this size the hospital carries a wide catchment, taking in rural west Cheshire and a substantial cross-border population from Flintshire and Wrexham.
That cross-border pattern creates practical complications that are specific to this area. Prescription charges differ between England and Wales. Referral pathways differ. Patients who move across the border, or who work on one side and live on the other, regularly find themselves caught between two systems that do not share records.
Chester's economy leans heavily on tourism, hospitality and professional services, alongside a large commuter population working in Liverpool and Deeside. Hospitality and retail shift patterns rarely align with 8am telephone queues for a GP appointment, which is a common practical reason people here look for care outside standard hours rather than for anything clinical.
The city also has a marked contrast in circumstances between wards. Affluent areas sit close to some of the more deprived neighbourhoods in Cheshire West, and the health picture varies accordingly across quite short distances.
A large retired and semi-retired population means long-term condition review, blood pressure and cholesterol monitoring, and menopause care are all common reasons for booking.
The student population at the University of Chester brings a different pattern again — sexual health, mental health and same-day access for people registered at a practice hundreds of miles from home.
Cross-border prescribing questions come up more here than anywhere else we cover, and are worth raising at the start of a consultation rather than the end.
We would rather tell you about these than take a fee you did not need to pay.
The Countess of Chester Hospital has the emergency department for the city and a wide surrounding catchment, taking in rural west Cheshire and a substantial cross-border population.
Anything sudden and severe — chest pain, stroke symptoms, breathing difficulty, a suspected fracture — goes there or to 999, not to a remote consultation. We will tell you plainly when that is the answer.
Bowel screening from 50, breast screening from 50, cervical screening from 25, all free and all posted or invited automatically. They are worth more than any private panel we could sell you.
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
Broughton, Saughall, Christleton, Tarvin, Tattenhall, Mollington, Upton, Blacon, Hoole
Population served
Randox Health at Holland & Barrett in Broughton is the nearest clinic — around six miles from the city centre, just over the Welsh border.
Which matters less than it sounds: the clinic takes the sample and the laboratory processes it regardless of which side of the border you live on. Your care and your results stay with us.
Vista Health's MRI unit at the Asda superstore on Holt Road, Wrexham — roughly twelve miles. Also across the border, and also unaffected by it.
Your GP registration decides it, not where you work.
If you are registered with a Welsh practice, your NHS prescriptions are free. That is a genuine difference and it changes the calculation: a private prescription is never cheaper than free. Tell us at the start of the consultation, because it may change what we recommend.
Yes — Christleton, Tarvin, Tattenhall, Saughall, Mollington, Upton, Hoole, Blacon and the surrounding area.
Consultations are remote, so distance from the city makes no difference at all. Where it does matter is travel to a clinic for bloods or a scan, and we take that into account when suggesting where to go.
Yes. Prescriptions are issued electronically and you collect from a pharmacy of your choice — in Chester, in Flintshire, or wherever suits you.
Nothing is posted to you, so there is no delivery to wait for.
That is one of the commoner reasons people here book with us. Chester's economy leans heavily on tourism, hospitality and retail, and those shift patterns do not fit an 8am telephone queue.
Examine you. No physical examination, no blood pressure, no internal examinations, no cervical screening.
And we never prescribe opioids or stimulants remotely, nor benzodiazepines or z-drugs for ongoing use.
No — we are entirely remote. There is no waiting room and no premises to visit. Consultations are by video or telephone, and referrals go to the partner clinics named above.
Chester 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 registered with the General Medical Council, GMC number 7563469, which you can verify on the GMC's public register.
Regulation follows where the service is provided from, not where you live. Patients in Flintshire and Wrexham are welcome, and the same standards apply.
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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