Online GP appointments for Frodsham, Helsby and the Mersey estuary villages. Twenty minutes, £40, no travel.
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
Frodsham sits under its hill at the point where Cheshire meets the Mersey estuary, close enough to Runcorn to see the bridges and far enough from Chester and Warrington that neither is a casual trip.
It is a pleasant place to live and an awkward one to get healthcare from, because it falls between catchments — near several hospitals, firmly in none of their immediate orbits.
A 20-minute consultation with a GMC-registered GP costs £40, by video or phone, 6am to 10pm every day. Prescriptions, sick notes and referral letters are included.
Frodsham is roughly equidistant from three acute sites: the Countess of Chester about twelve miles west, Warrington Hospital around ten miles east, and Halton General at Runcorn just across the water. Which you are sent to depends on the specialty rather than the postcode, which makes navigating referrals here more confusing than it should be.
The town is affluent and its immediate neighbour Helsby similar, but the wider picture is complicated by proximity to Runcorn and Widnes across the estuary — areas with substantially different health profiles only a few miles away. Frodsham sits on a fairly sharp boundary.
The station is on the Chester to Manchester line and the M56 runs along the edge of town, so connectivity by car and rail is good. Local bus provision into the surrounding villages is much thinner.
An older and comparatively well-off population brings steady demand for long-term condition review, cardiovascular risk assessment and menopause care — and a low tolerance for being told to ring back at eight.
The hill and the marshes make this an unusually active place for its demographic, and with that comes the musculoskeletal end of things: knees, backs, shoulders and the question of whether something needs a scan.
Falling between hospital catchments means referral navigation matters more here than elsewhere. Knowing which trust to be referred into, and getting a letter that says so clearly, is a practical part of the value of a consultation in this area.
Frodsham is roughly equidistant from three acute sites: the Countess of Chester about twelve miles west, Warrington Hospital around ten miles east, and Halton General at Runcorn just across the water.
Being between three trusts sounds like an advantage and is mostly a source of confusion about where your care actually sits. For an emergency it does not matter — call 999 and let the ambulance service decide.
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.
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
Helsby, Kingsley, Norley, Alvanley, Elton, Manley, Overton, Netherton
Population served
Randox Health at Holland & Barrett, Broughton is the listed partner clinic, though a referral can go wherever suits your route — Liverpool is an alternative for many people here.
Ask your NHS GP first. If the same test is free at your surgery, we will say so rather than take the fee.
Vista Health's Liverpool City Centre diagnostic centre on Duke Street.
Check the NHS wait before paying, and ask about Right to Choose, which lets you select a different NHS provider at no cost.
No. Frodsham sits between Chester, Warrington and Halton, and which trust handles a given specialty is a recurring local puzzle.
It makes no difference to us. We write to whichever service is correct for your registration, and getting the referral addressed properly first time saves you chasing it later.
Yes — Helsby, Kingsley, Norley, Alvanley, Elton, Manley, Overton and Netherton.
Consultations are remote, so the village addresses make no difference at all — which matters where bus provision toward the Delamere side is thin.
Yes — 6am to 10pm, seven days a week. Frodsham is a commuter town for Chester, Warrington and Liverpool, and appointments either side of the working day are the ones people actually use.
Yes, and it is twenty minutes well spent if you take several. Send your repeat prescription list in advance.
Your NHS GP and pharmacist can both do this free, and we will point you there if it suits you better.
Yes — electronically, to whichever you use. You collect it yourself.
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.
Frodsham 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.
Which of the three neighbouring trusts treats you does not change who regulates us. The same standards apply across England.
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
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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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