Online GP appointments for Crewe and south Cheshire, built around shift patterns rather than office hours.
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
Crewe was built around the railway and still works to its rhythms. Between rail operations, the Bentley plant and the logistics sites that have grown up around the town, a large part of the working population keeps hours that do not fit a standard appointment system.
Consultations here run from 6am to 10pm, seven days a week. A 20-minute appointment with a GMC-registered GP costs £40, including any sick note, prescription or referral letter you need.
Everything happens by secure video or telephone. Where a blood test is required, the nearest collection point is at Cheadle, though a referral can be taken to any provider you prefer.
Crewe is served by Leighton Hospital, which covers a wide and largely rural south Cheshire catchment from a single site. That geography matters: for many people in the surrounding villages, the hospital is not a short trip, and neither is the GP surgery.
The town has a strong industrial and manufacturing identity, with a working-age population employed in rail, automotive and distribution. Shift patterns, night working and physically demanding roles shape what people come to a GP about, and when they are able to.
South Cheshire also has a pronounced split between the town itself and the rural area around it. Crewe has neighbourhoods with real deprivation; a few miles out, the picture is entirely different. Averages across the area disguise both.
Uncertainty over the town's long-planned rail investment has affected local confidence and employment expectations. Where that translates into stress, sleep problems and low mood, those are things worth raising in a consultation rather than absorbing.
Occupational and musculoskeletal problems are common in a town with this much physical and shift-based work — back pain, joint pain, and the sleep disruption that comes with rotating nights.
Rural access is the other recurring theme. For people in the villages around Crewe, remote consultation removes a journey that would otherwise be the main barrier to being seen at all.
Cardiovascular risk assessment and diabetes screening come up frequently, and both are straightforward to arrange remotely.
Crewe is not a wealthy town, and we are not going to pretend a £40 fee is nothing. Several of these will serve you better.
Leighton Hospital serves Crewe and south Cheshire, and carries the emergency department.
Chest pain, stroke symptoms, sudden breathlessness or a suspected fracture go there or to 999. A remote consultation is the wrong route for any of those, and we will say so immediately rather than take the booking.
Bowel screening from 50 — a kit arrives through your door and it is one of the few screening tests proven to save lives. Return rates are poor, particularly among men, and it takes minutes.
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
Nantwich, Sandbach, Alsager, Haslington, Willaston, Wistaston, Shavington, Audlem
Population served
Randox Health Cheadle is the nearest partner clinic — around thirty miles north, which is a real journey from Crewe rather than a nominal one.
We will say plainly when a test is not worth that trip. If your NHS GP will do the same blood test free and locally, that is the better answer and we will tell you so.
Vista Health's MRI unit at Asda Wolstanton Retail Park in Stoke-on-Trent, which is considerably closer than Cheadle.
Before paying, ask your GP what the Leighton wait actually is, and ask about Right to Choose — you can select a different NHS provider with a shorter wait at no cost.
Yes — Nantwich, Sandbach, Alsager, Haslington, Willaston, Wistaston, Shavington and Audlem.
Consultations are remote, so rural distance is not a barrier — which matters in south Cheshire, where bus provision to the villages is thin.
Yes — appointments run 6am to 10pm, seven days a week.
Crewe's rail, manufacturing and distribution employers all run patterns that do not fit an 8am telephone queue, and that is a large part of why people here book with us.
Sometimes yes, often no — and we will tell you which.
Where it is worth it: you need something now, waiting would cost you work, or you want twenty minutes on something that has been rushed before.
Where it is not: a pharmacist can treat it free, Talking Therapies would serve you better, or your GP will do the same test at no cost. We say so and lose the fee.
Yes — electronically, to whichever you use. You collect it yourself.
And where something is cheaper over the counter than a prescription charge, we will tell you, because that is frequently the case.
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.
No — the service is entirely remote, which is part of why it costs £40 rather than what a high-street private GP charges.
Crewe 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 by anyone.
We quote no rating, because we have not been inspected, and we will not imply otherwise.
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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