Online GP appointments for Oldham, with consultations available in Urdu, Punjabi and almost any other 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
Oldham has one of the youngest populations in the country and some of the largest Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities in the North West. Both facts shape what healthcare needs to look like here, and neither is well served by a system that assumes an English-speaking adult with a car and a flexible employer.
Consultations can be held in almost any language through a professional medical interpreting service, and natively in Urdu and Punjabi with Dr Khan.
Twenty minutes costs £40, available 6am to 10pm, seven days a week, with blood testing in central Manchester.
The Royal Oldham Hospital serves the borough, with specialist services drawing into central Manchester. It carries a wide catchment across north-east Greater Manchester and into the Pennine fringe.
Oldham is among the more deprived boroughs in England, and its health outcomes reflect that consistently across most measures. The former cotton industry's decline left an economic gap that has not been filled, and the consequences show up in life expectancy, long-term condition prevalence and childhood health.
The borough's demographic profile is unusual. It is markedly younger than the national average, with large families and a high proportion of children and young adults — which shifts demand toward paediatric, maternal and access-related needs rather than long-term condition management.
Language provision is a structural issue rather than an occasional one. Bengali, Sylheti, Urdu and Punjabi are widely spoken, and consultations conducted through a family member remain common. That arrangement is workable for a sore throat and genuinely inadequate for anything sensitive.
First-language consultation matters here as much as anywhere we cover. Older patients in particular may have lived in Oldham for forty years without ever having a medical conversation in which they felt fully understood.
Type 2 diabetes is markedly more prevalent, develops earlier, and does so at lower body weight than standard thresholds assume. HbA1c screening is one of the highest-value things available to this population.
Children's consultations are common given the age profile, and are always attended with a parent or guardian present throughout.
The Royal Oldham Hospital holds the emergency department for the borough and a wide catchment reaching into Saddleworth.
Chest pain, stroke symptoms, sudden breathlessness or a suspected fracture go there or to 999, never through a remote consultation.
Bowel screening from 50. A kit through the post, minutes to complete, proven to save lives — and returned least often in the areas where bowel cancer outcomes are poorest.
Cervical screening from 25 and breast screening from 50 are equally free and equally worth the appointment.
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
Chadderton, Royton, Shaw, Failsworth, Lees, Saddleworth, Uppermill, Delph, Springhead
Population served
Yes — interpreting can be arranged in a wide range of languages, including Bengali, Urdu and Punjabi. Ask when booking so it can be confirmed beforehand.
It matters more than people expect. Symptom description and medication instructions depend on precision, and a family member interpreting is not the same thing — particularly for anything a patient would rather not say in front of their children.
If you are of South Asian heritage, it is worth asking about.
Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk develop at lower BMI thresholds in South Asian populations than standard guidance assumes, and the reversible prediabetic stage is exactly what an HbA1c catches.
Your NHS GP will do it free, and the NHS Health Check covers it from 40.
Deficiency is genuinely common here — more so in people with darker skin and in anyone who covers up outdoors.
Before paying for a test, know that free vitamin D supplements are available for some groups, and that for most people supplementing is cheaper and simpler than measuring first.
Randox Health at Holland & Barrett in Manchester.
Ask your NHS GP first — if the same test is free at your surgery, we will tell you to go there.
Vista Health at The Croft Shifa Health Centre, Belfield Road, Rochdale.
Ask about the NHS wait and about Right to Choose — a different NHS provider with a shorter wait, at no cost.
Yes — Chadderton, Royton, Shaw, Failsworth, Lees, Saddleworth, Uppermill, Delph and Springhead.
Remote consultation is genuinely useful in the Saddleworth villages, where the journey to the hospital or a surgery is a real one, particularly in winter.
Often not, and we will say so. A pharmacist, a free GP blood test or Talking Therapies will serve many people better.
What £40 buys is speed and twenty unhurried minutes.
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.
Oldham 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.
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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