Online GP appointments across Manchester, with consultations available in almost any language.
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
Manchester is one of the most linguistically diverse cities in Europe, and that is not a footnote to healthcare here — it is central to it. Explaining symptoms accurately is difficult in a second language, and a great deal is lost when a consultation runs through a family member acting as interpreter.
Consultations here can be held in almost any language through a professional medical interpreting service, and natively in Urdu and Punjabi with Dr Khan, with no interpreter involved at all.
A 20-minute appointment costs £40 and is available 6am to 10pm, seven days a week. Blood testing is on Market Street in the city centre.
Manchester's healthcare is anchored by the Manchester Royal Infirmary campus and the wider teaching hospital group, with specialist and tertiary services drawing patients from across the North West. For residents, that means world-class specialist care sitting alongside primary care under significant pressure — the two experiences can feel like different systems entirely.
The city has one of the widest internal health gaps in England. Life expectancy varies substantially between wards only a few miles apart, and city-wide averages describe almost nobody accurately.
Manchester also has an exceptionally mobile population. Around a hundred thousand students, a large private rented sector and constant inward migration for work mean a high proportion of residents are registered somewhere that no longer reflects where they live, or are not registered at all. Continuity of care is the exception rather than the rule for a lot of people here.
Language is the other structural factor. Substantial Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Arabic, Polish and Somali-speaking communities mean interpreting need is routine rather than occasional, and provision varies considerably between practices.
Consultations in a first language are the single most useful thing we offer here. Symptom description, medication instructions and safety-netting advice all depend on precision that a rushed interpretation loses.
The student population brings sexual health, mental health and same-day access needs, frequently from people registered hundreds of miles away.
Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk are markedly more prevalent in the city's South Asian communities, and often develop at lower BMI thresholds than standard guidance assumes — which is a good reason to test rather than wait for symptoms.
A great deal of what people pay for in Manchester is available free, and access rather than cost is usually the real problem.
Manchester Royal Infirmary anchors the city's emergency and specialist care, alongside Wythenshawe and North Manchester.
Chest pain, stroke symptoms, sudden breathlessness or a suspected fracture go to A&E or 999. Never through a video consultation.
If you have had a possible HIV exposure in the last 72 hours, go to A&E or a sexual health clinic today and ask about PEP. It is free, it is time-critical, and testing now would tell you nothing.
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
Didsbury, Chorlton, Rusholme, Fallowfield, Withington, Levenshulme, Moss Side, Ancoats, Northern Quarter
Population served
Yes — and it is one of the commonest reasons people in Manchester book.
Students and people who have recently moved are frequently registered somewhere that no longer reflects where they live, which makes ordinary access genuinely difficult.
Worth knowing: you can register with a local practice without proof of address or immigration status, and they are not permitted to turn you away for lacking documents. That is free and it is the better long-term answer.
Yes — interpreting can be arranged in a wide range of languages. Please ask when booking so it can be confirmed before your appointment.
This matters more than it sounds. Symptom description, medication instructions and safety-netting advice all depend on precision that a rushed or informal interpretation loses — and a family member interpreting is not the same thing, particularly for anything sensitive.
Randox Health at Holland & Barrett in Manchester, in the city centre.
Vista Health's South East Manchester diagnostic centre at Crownpoint Shopping Park, Denton.
Ask about the NHS wait first, and about Right to Choose — a different NHS provider with a shorter wait, at no cost.
Yes — Didsbury, Chorlton, Rusholme, Fallowfield, Withington, Levenshulme, Moss Side, Ancoats, the Northern Quarter and everywhere between.
It is worth asking about earlier than standard guidance suggests.
Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk are markedly more prevalent in South Asian communities and often develop at lower BMI thresholds than the usual thresholds assume.
An HbA1c is a straightforward test, and your NHS GP will do it free. The NHS Health Check from 40 covers it too.
Yes — electronically, to whichever you choose. You collect it yourself.
Examine you — no blood pressure, no chest, no internal examinations, no cervical screening.
And we never prescribe opioids or stimulants remotely, nor benzodiazepines or z-drugs for ongoing use.
Manchester 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.
Your immigration status has no bearing on your right to care, and it is not something we report on.
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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