Where would I go for a blood test?
Randox Health at Holland & Barrett, Broughton is the listed partner clinic, though Cheadle is an alternative and a referral can go wherever suits your route.
Ask your NHS GP first. Leighton is five miles away, and if the same test can be done there free, that is the better answer and we will say so.
And a scan?
Vista Health's MRI unit at Asda Wolstanton Retail Park, Stoke-on-Trent.
Check the NHS wait before paying, and ask about Right to Choose — you can select a different NHS provider with a shorter wait at no cost.
Do you cover the villages?
Yes — Audlem, Wrenbury, Bunbury, Acton, Wybunbury, Willaston, Faddiley and Burland.
This is where remote consultation earns its place. Nantwich itself is well served; the villages toward Audlem and Wrenbury are a different proposition entirely, with thin bus provision and a real journey to any surgery.
I have given up driving. Does that rule me out?
The opposite — it is one of the strongest reasons to use a remote service.
Repeat prescriptions, blood pressure discussions, medication reviews and results conversations all work perfectly well by telephone, and none of them requires anyone to get in a car.
Can you review my medications?
Yes, and it is one of the more useful twenty minutes available if you are on several long-term medicines.
Send your repeat prescription list in advance. Interactions, duplications and medicines nobody has questioned for years are common findings — and your NHS GP can do this free too, which is worth asking about.
Can you send a prescription to a Nantwich pharmacy?
Yes — electronically, to whichever you use. You collect it yourself.
What can you not do?
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.
Is there a Nantwich clinic?
No — the service is entirely remote, with no premises anywhere.