Online GP appointments for Wigan, with a Randox collection point in the town centre itself.
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
Wigan is one of the few places we cover with a Randox collection point in the town itself — Grand Arcade, in the centre. No drive to another town, no motorway, just a walk into town for the sample.
That makes anything test-led straightforward here. Consultation, referral, sample locally, results reviewed with a GP a couple of days later.
Twenty minutes with a GMC-registered GP costs £40, available 6am to 10pm, seven days a week.
Wigan is served by Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh, a trust with a genuine orthopaedic pedigree — Wrightington is where the modern hip replacement was developed, and it retains a national reputation for joint surgery. For a borough with a long industrial history and a correspondingly high burden of musculoskeletal wear, that is a useful thing to have locally.
The borough's identity is rooted in coal and cotton, both long gone. What remains is an ageing former industrial workforce carrying the physical legacy of that work, alongside a younger population employed increasingly in distribution and logistics along the M6 corridor.
Health outcomes across the borough sit below the England average on most measures, with deprivation concentrated in specific areas rather than spread evenly. Leigh, Ashton and parts of central Wigan differ meaningfully from the villages toward Standish.
Wigan has an unusually settled population by regional standards. People stay, families stay, and health patterns run visibly through generations — which makes family history a genuinely useful clinical tool here rather than a box-ticking question.
Musculoskeletal problems dominate — hips, knees, backs and shoulders, often in people who worked physically for decades and have adapted around the pain rather than addressed it.
Cardiovascular and respiratory risk assessment is high value given the industrial history and the borough's smoking prevalence, and both are straightforward to arrange with a blood panel and a formal risk calculation.
Family history matters more here than in more transient areas. Where several relatives share a condition, earlier screening is often justified, and that is a conversation worth having properly.
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh serves the borough, and Wrightington in particular has a national reputation for joint surgery — the modern hip replacement was developed there.
Chest pain, stroke symptoms, sudden breathlessness or a suspected fracture go to A&E or 999, not to a remote consultation.
Bowel screening from 50 — a kit through the post, minutes to complete, and one of the very few screening tests proven to save lives. Men in former industrial areas return it least often, which is exactly the wrong way round.
Cervical screening from 25 and breast screening from 50 are free and each does something no blood test 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
Leigh, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Standish, Hindley, Atherton, Tyldesley, Orrell, Golborne
Population served
Partly — and it is worth being honest about the limits.
We cannot examine you, and a joint problem often needs hands on it. What we can do is take a proper history, advise, arrange imaging where it is genuinely indicated, and refer.
But before paying for a scan, ask about NHS physiotherapy self-referral. For most back, shoulder and knee pain, physiotherapy does more than a scan does — and a scan frequently shows age-related changes that are present in most people and are not the cause of the pain.
Usually it describes a joint that has aged, and it appears on most films past middle age.
The link between what an image shows and how much pain someone has is weak. "Bone on bone" is a description of a picture, not a treatment plan — and joint replacement is decided on symptoms and function, not on the film.
Randox Health at Holland & Barrett in Wigan — one of the few places we cover with a collection point in the town itself.
Vista Health's Salford diagnostic centre at West One Retail Park, Eccles.
Ask about the NHS wait first, and about Right to Choose — a different NHS provider with a shorter wait, at no cost.
Yes — Leigh, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Standish, Hindley, Atherton, Tyldesley, Orrell and Golborne.
Yes — 6am to 10pm, seven days a week. The distribution corridor along the M6 runs around the clock, and an appointment that fits either end of a shift is usually the only realistic one.
Yes where clinically justified, and a private fit note is valid.
You do not need one for the first seven days — self-certification covers that, and paying inside it is money wasted.
Examine you — no blood pressure, no chest, no joints.
And we never prescribe opioids or stimulants remotely, nor benzodiazepines or z-drugs for ongoing use. That matters here: opioids are not an effective long-term treatment for chronic musculoskeletal pain, and a great many people were started on them years ago for exactly that.
Wigan 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.
We quote no inspection rating, and will not imply one we do not have.
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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