Online GP appointments for Macclesfield and the surrounding Peak District fringe. £40 for 20 minutes.
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
Macclesfield is an unusual town medically, in that a significant share of its residents work in pharmaceuticals. A workforce that understands clinical trials, drug development and evidence tends to ask sharper questions — and to be less satisfied with a rushed answer.
Twenty minutes is enough time to give a proper one. Appointments cost £40 and are available from 6am to 10pm, seven days a week, by secure video or telephone.
The town also sits on the western edge of the Peak District, so a meaningful part of the local population lives in villages where getting to a surgery is a genuine undertaking rather than a minor inconvenience.
Macclesfield District General Hospital serves the town and a large rural hinterland running east into the Peak District. Specialist services generally draw patients north toward Stockport and Manchester, which for someone living in the hills east of the town can mean a substantial journey for a short appointment.
The town's economy is anchored by pharmaceutical and life sciences employment, alongside a large professional commuter population travelling into Manchester. Incomes are relatively high, and private healthcare use is well established here — people are often already paying for dentistry, physiotherapy or optical care and view a private GP appointment in the same terms.
The rural fringe changes the picture considerably. Villages toward Wildboarclough, Rainow and the Cat and Fiddle road are genuinely remote by Cheshire standards, with limited public transport and winter access that is not always reliable. For those households, a consultation that does not require travel is not a convenience but the difference between being seen and not bothering.
An ageing population in the surrounding villages brings long-term condition review, bone health and menopause care to the fore. DEXA scanning pairs naturally with menopause consultations here.
The professional and commuter population tends to present with stress, sleep problems and the cardiovascular risk factors that come with sedentary, high-pressure work.
Outdoor activity is a genuine feature of local life, given the Peak District on the doorstep, and musculoskeletal injuries from walking, running and cycling are a common reason to book.
Macclesfield is comfortable enough that people here often pay without checking whether they need to. Several of these are free and better.
Macclesfield District General Hospital holds the emergency department for the town and a wide eastern Cheshire catchment reaching into the Peak District.
Chest pain, stroke symptoms, sudden breathlessness or a suspected fracture go there or to 999 — not to a remote consultation.
For the outlying villages — Rainow, Langley, Sutton, Wildboarclough — winter access to the hospital is a genuine consideration. Remote consultation removes the journey for the things that do not need one, which is most of what a GP does.
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
Bollington, Prestbury, Poynton, Disley, Rainow, Gawsworth, Sutton, Langley
Population served
Randox Health Cheadle, around twelve miles north — one of the shorter journeys of anywhere we cover, and straightforward from Macclesfield or Prestbury.
Vista Health's South East Manchester diagnostic centre at Crownpoint Shopping Park, Denton.
Ask about the NHS wait before paying. Waits vary considerably by scan and by month, and Right to Choose lets you pick a different NHS provider at no cost — which people in this area frequently do not know about.
Yes — Bollington, Prestbury, Poynton, Disley, Rainow, Gawsworth, Sutton and Langley.
Remote consultation makes the hills irrelevant, which matters more here than in most of Cheshire.
Yes — 6am to 10pm, seven days a week. A consultation before the train or after getting home is the version that actually fits, and it is why a good deal of Macclesfield books with us.
Yes, and it is one of the commonest reasons people here book.
Worth knowing before you pay: if you are over 45 with typical symptoms, you do not need a blood test — UK guidance is explicit that the diagnosis is clinical, and HRT can be started without one. A normal FSH does not rule perimenopause out.
And NHS GPs prescribe HRT, with the prepayment certificate keeping the cost low. What we offer is twenty minutes, not a better prescription.
Yes — electronically, to whichever you choose. You collect it yourself.
Examine you. No blood pressure, no examinations of any kind, no cervical screening.
And we never prescribe opioids or stimulants remotely, nor benzodiazepines or z-drugs for ongoing use.
No — we are entirely remote. No premises, no waiting room, which is a large part of why a consultation is £40.
Macclesfield 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, which anyone can verify 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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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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