Online GP appointments for Congleton and the surrounding villages, with no hospital journey required.
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
Congleton has no acute hospital of its own. Depending on which service you need, you are sent either north to Macclesfield or south to Crewe — and for a town sitting almost exactly between the two, that decision is rarely yours to make.
A remote consultation removes the journey from the equation entirely. Twenty minutes with a GMC-registered GP costs £40, available 6am to 10pm, seven days a week, by secure video or telephone.
Where a blood test is needed, Cheadle is around fifteen miles north. Anything requiring a scan can be referred to whichever site is most convenient rather than whichever the pathway defaults to.
Congleton sits on the Cheshire–Staffordshire border, and like Chester it has residents who fall between administrative areas — though here the split is between neighbouring English authorities rather than between two nations. It still affects which services people are directed toward.
The town retains a strong independent economy of small businesses, alongside manufacturing that has outlasted the decline seen in comparable towns. Self-employment is common, and self-employed people have a particular relationship with illness: taking a day off has an immediate financial cost, which tends to mean symptoms get ignored for longer than they should be.
The surrounding area is properly rural. Villages toward Astbury, Brereton and the Staffordshire moorlands have limited bus provision, and for older residents without a car the journey to any appointment is the main obstacle to keeping it.
Congleton's population is older than the Cheshire East average, and long-term condition management makes up a larger share of demand here than in the county's commuter towns.
Long-term conditions dominate — blood pressure, cholesterol, thyroid and diabetes review, along with the medication reviews that go with them.
Self-employed patients frequently need documentation quickly: a sick note that will satisfy an insurer, or a letter confirming fitness to work after illness.
Musculoskeletal problems are common in a town with this much small-scale manufacturing and trade work, particularly among people who have no realistic option to stop working while they recover.
Congleton sits on the Cheshire–Staffordshire border, and residents are directed variously toward Leighton at Crewe, Macclesfield District General, and the Stoke hospitals depending on the specialty rather than the distance.
For an emergency that distinction does not matter — 999 or the nearest A&E. Chest pain, stroke symptoms, sudden breathlessness or a suspected fracture should never go through a remote consultation.
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 poor, particularly among self-employed men who put off anything health-related.
Cervical screening from 25 and breast screening from 50 are both free and both do things no blood test can.
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
Astbury, Brereton Green, Somerford, Scholar Green, Mow Cop, Biddulph, Holmes Chapel
Population served
Randox Health Cheadle is the nearest partner clinic — around fifteen miles north, which is a real trip from Congleton rather than a nominal one.
We will tell you when it is not worth making. If your NHS GP will do the same test free and locally, that is the better answer.
Vista Health's MRI unit at Asda Wolstanton Retail Park in Stoke-on-Trent, which suits many people in Congleton better than travelling north.
Ask about the NHS wait first, and about Right to Choose, which lets you select a different NHS provider at no cost.
That is much of the point. Appointments run 6am to 10pm, seven days a week, and a consultation takes twenty minutes from wherever you are.
For self-employed people the cost of being seen has never really been the fee — it is the half day. Removing the half day is what a remote service actually sells.
Yes, where it is clinically justified, and a private fit note is valid.
If you are self-employed, be clear about what you actually need. A fit note may be needed for an insurance or income protection claim, but you do not need one to stop working for yourself — and as an employee you do not need one for the first seven days.
Yes — Astbury, Brereton Green, Somerford, Scholar Green, Mow Cop, Biddulph and Holmes Chapel.
The county boundary makes no difference to us, which is occasionally useful in an area where NHS pathways treat it as significant.
Yes — electronically, to whichever you use, on either side of the border.
Examine you — no blood pressure, no chest, no joints, no internal examinations. A back or shoulder problem often needs hands on it, and we will say so.
And we never prescribe opioids or stimulants remotely, nor benzodiazepines or z-drugs for ongoing use.
No — we are entirely remote, with no premises anywhere.
Congleton 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.
The Cheshire–Staffordshire boundary affects NHS pathways, not regulation. The same standards apply wherever in England you live.
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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