Online GP appointments for Preston, with blood testing on Fishergate in the city centre.
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
Preston is Lancashire's administrative centre and its healthcare hub, and it is more diverse than people outside the county tend to expect. Substantial Gujarati, Urdu and Punjabi-speaking communities have been established here for generations.
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 on Fishergate in the city centre.
Royal Preston Hospital is the major trauma centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria, and a regional centre for neurosciences. Its catchment stretches far north and east, which means it carries a load well beyond the city itself — and that pressure is felt by anyone waiting for something that is serious but not immediately life-threatening.
Preston is a city with a large student population at UCLan, a significant public sector workforce given its administrative role, and long-established South Asian communities concentrated in specific parts of the city.
Health outcomes vary considerably across Preston. Some wards sit close to the national average; others are among the more deprived in the North West, with the corresponding differences in long-term condition prevalence and life expectancy.
The city also serves as the gateway to rural Lancashire. For patients in the Ribble Valley and the villages beyond, Preston is where hospital care happens — and the journey is a real consideration rather than an afterthought.
First-language consultation matters here, particularly for older patients in the city's established South Asian communities who may never have had an unhurried medical conversation in Urdu or Punjabi.
Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk warrant earlier screening in South Asian patients, developing at lower BMI thresholds than standard guidance assumes.
Student health and rural access sit at opposite ends of the same city — same-day access for one group, and avoiding a long journey for the other.
Royal Preston Hospital holds the emergency department and is a major trauma centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria, alongside its regional neurosciences service.
Chest pain, stroke symptoms, sudden breathlessness or a suspected fracture go there or to 999, not to a remote consultation.
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
Fulwood, Penwortham, Bamber Bridge, Leyland, Longridge, Chorley, Walton-le-Dale, Ribble Valley
Population served
Randox Health at Holland & Barrett in Preston — a collection point in the city itself, which makes anything test-led straightforward here.
Vista Health's MRI unit at the Asda superstore on Ovangle Road, Lancaster.
Ask about the NHS wait before paying, and about Right to Choose, which lets you select a different NHS provider at no cost.
Yes — interpreting can be arranged in a wide range of languages, including Gujarati, Urdu and Punjabi. Ask when booking so it can be confirmed beforehand.
Preston has long-established South Asian communities, and consultations conducted through a relative are common. That is workable for a sore throat and genuinely inadequate for anything sensitive.
If you are of South Asian heritage, it is worth asking about. Risk rises at a lower BMI than standard guidance assumes, and an HbA1c catches the reversible prediabetic stage.
Your NHS GP will do it free, and the free NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme roughly halves progression in people who complete it.
Yes — and it is a common reason people book from Preston.
Registering with a local practice is free and better long term, and you do not need proof of address. Talking Therapies and sexual health both take self-referrals without a GP.
Yes — Fulwood, Penwortham, Bamber Bridge, Leyland, Longridge, Chorley, Walton-le-Dale and the Ribble Valley.
Yes — electronically, to whichever you use. You collect it yourself.
Sometimes, and often not. A pharmacist, a free GP blood test or Talking Therapies will serve many people better, and we will say so rather than take the booking.
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.
Preston 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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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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