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Men's Health Consultation

A confidential appointment for men's health concerns, with any onward tests or treatment arranged for you.

£40

20 minutes

Test requests, prescriptions and referrals issued within 10 minutes of your consultation ending

Unhurried care from a GMC-registered GP

6am to 10pm, seven days a week

Prescriptions, sick notes and referral letters included

Your NHS records in the room, with your consent

Clinically reviewed by Dr Mohammad Khan · Last reviewed

August 23, 2026

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A 20-minute appointment with a GMC-registered GP for £40. Same-day appointments are usually available, 6am to 10pm, seven days a week.

Private GP care led personally by Dr Mohammad Zubair Khan, GMC 7563469.

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Same-Day Appointments
Sick Notes
Private Prescriptions
Blood Tests
Menopause & HRT
Weight Management
Mental Health
Specialist Referrals
Same-Day Appointments
Sick Notes
Private Prescriptions
Blood Tests
Menopause & HRT
Weight Management
Mental Health
Specialist Referrals

Overview

Men consistently wait longer than they should before seeking help. A private, unhurried appointment removes some of the friction.

Common reasons for booking include fatigue, low mood, sexual health, testosterone and prostate concerns.

What's included

  • A 20-minute confidential consultation with a GMC-registered GP
  • Assessment of the symptom and what might be driving it
  • Any prescription or referral arising
  • Blood tests arranged where they would help — see the Well Man panel
  • Your treatment plan in writing, sent after every consultation

How it works

1. Book — no referral needed

You do not need to explain yourself to a receptionist to get an appointment.

2. Talk properly

Twenty minutes is enough to get past the thing you booked about to the thing you actually wanted to raise, which in men's health is frequently not the same.

3. Tests where useful

Often the sensible next step. Hormone testing, cholesterol and HbA1c are commonly arranged.

4. A plan

Treatment, referral, or a clear explanation of why neither is needed.

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What to expect

Expect the GP to widen it

Men tend to book about one thing and mean another, and a good consultation follows that rather than stopping at the presenting complaint. Erectile difficulty raises questions about your heart. Fatigue raises questions about your sleep. Low drive raises questions about your mood, your alcohol and your thyroid. None of that is evasion — it is where the answers usually are.

If you came about erections, expect cardiovascular questions

This surprises people and it should not. Erectile dysfunction commonly precedes coronary artery disease by several years — the arteries involved are smaller and show trouble sooner. So expect questions about exercise tolerance, chest symptoms on exertion, family history, smoking, blood pressure and cholesterol.

Treating the erection and ignoring that is a missed opportunity, and occasionally a serious one.

If you came about testosterone, expect the process rather than a prescription

A diagnosis needs two separate fasting morning samples, taken before 11am, alongside LH, FSH, SHBG and prolactin to establish why a level is low. Testosterone falls substantially through the day, so an afternoon sample means very little.

If you booked expecting to leave with a prescription today, that is not how this is done properly anywhere — and the reason is that a large share of low readings turn out to have a reversible cause.

Expect to be asked about your sleep

Specifically whether you snore, whether anyone has seen you stop breathing, and whether you wake unrefreshed. Obstructive sleep apnoea is a common hidden cause of fatigue, low mood, low testosterone and poorly controlled blood pressure, and it is substantially underdiagnosed. It is worth asking your partner before the appointment.

Alcohol, asked directly

In units, not in adjectives. Not as a judgement — alcohol suppresses testosterone, disrupts sleep, raises blood pressure and lowers mood, so it sits underneath most of what men book about. An honest number is more useful than a modest one.

Nothing will be met with surprise

Whatever you have been putting off saying, it has been said before, and a video call from your own home is an easier place to say it than across a desk.

Who it's for

Common reasons men book

  • Fatigue, low mood or loss of drive that has crept up over months
  • Erectile difficulty — which is frequently an early cardiovascular warning, not just a sexual problem
  • Suspected low testosterone
  • Urinary symptoms or prostate concerns
  • Weight that will not shift despite genuine effort
  • A family history that has started to worry you

Worth saying plainly

Men present later and die earlier of largely preventable conditions. A private appointment with no waiting room removes one of the reasons for that, and there is no version of this where you are wasting anyone's time.

After your appointment

If bloods were arranged

Book a morning slot and fast beforehand. Testosterone in particular has to be taken before 11am to be interpretable, and an afternoon sample will need repeating — which costs you a second trip.

Results come back to the GP who requested them and are explained rather than emailed as a PDF. A number inside the reference range is not automatically fine, and that interpretation is most of the value.

If testosterone treatment is being considered

Before anything starts, three things get settled: a second confirmatory morning sample, a search for a reversible cause — weight, sleep apnoea, opioids, alcohol — and an explicit conversation about fertility.

That last one matters more than people expect. Testosterone suppresses sperm production, sometimes profoundly, and recovery after stopping is usual but slow and not guaranteed. If you might want children, say so before the first injection rather than after.

If you were prescribed something for erections

Sildenafil and tadalafil must never be taken with nitrates — including GTN spray, isosorbide, and the poppers sold as room odourisers. The combination causes a catastrophic drop in blood pressure.

Practical points: they need sexual stimulation to work, sildenafil works less well on a full or fatty meal, and a first dose that does not work is not a failure — dose and timing frequently need adjusting, and most men who persist through two or three attempts get a result.

Seek urgent help for an erection lasting more than four hours. That is a genuine emergency.

If you had a PSA

You will have discussed what the result can and cannot tell you before it was taken. A raised result does not mean cancer — benign enlargement, infection and even cycling or ejaculation in the previous 48 hours all raise it. A normal result does not exclude cancer either. Where it warrants it, we arrange urology referral for MRI.

Anything that needs examining

A testicular lump needs assessing in person this week, not watched. We arrange urgent referral and an ultrasound rather than forming a view from a description — testicular cancer is highly curable when caught early, which is exactly why it is not a wait-and-see conversation.

Your NHS GP

With your consent we write to your practice. For anything cardiovascular, hormonal or ongoing, that continuity genuinely matters.

What this service cannot do

A testicular lump needs examining, and quickly. Any new lump, swelling or change in a testicle should be assessed in person — we will arrange urgent referral rather than form a view from a description. Testicular cancer is highly curable when caught early, which is precisely why it is not worth a wait-and-see conversation.

PSA testing is a decision, not a tick box. A raised PSA can lead to biopsy, and a normal one does not exclude prostate cancer. Prostate examination cannot be done by video. We will talk through what a result would and would not tell you before ordering it — and we will not sell you the test as reassurance it cannot provide.

Testosterone: what we will not do. We do not diagnose low testosterone from a single afternoon sample — it requires two morning measurements with the pituitary hormones and secondary causes considered. We do not prescribe testosterone for bodybuilding, performance or general vitality, and we will not take over a private clinic's regime we consider unsafe. Fatigue and low drive far more often turn out to be sleep, thyroid disease, iron deficiency, alcohol or depression, and those are worth excluding first.

Erectile difficulty is assessed as a cardiovascular symptom. It commonly precedes heart disease by a few years, so we check blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose rather than simply prescribing. Sildenafil and tadalafil are dangerous with nitrates, and men with unstable angina or a recent cardiac event need assessment before either is prescribed.

Common questions

Can you just prescribe testosterone? I already know my level is low.

Not on one result, and not at a first appointment. Diagnosis requires two separate fasting morning samples before 11am, plus LH, FSH, SHBG and prolactin to work out why the level is low.

That is not obstruction. In a large proportion of men with a low reading the testicles are working perfectly well and something else is suppressing them — weight around the middle, untreated sleep apnoea, opioid painkillers, alcohol, chronic short sleep. Several of those are reversible, and treating them raises testosterone without committing you to lifelong therapy.

If after all that your level is genuinely low and the symptoms fit, treatment is often excellent and we will say so.

Will you examine my prostate?

No — a rectal examination cannot be done by video. Where one is needed we arrange it.

What we can do is discuss whether a PSA test is right for you, which is a genuine decision rather than a routine check. We will not sell it to you as reassurance it cannot provide — a normal PSA does not exclude prostate cancer, and a raised one usually turns out to be benign enlargement.

Is erectile dysfunction really a heart problem?

Often, yes — and this is the single most useful thing on this page. The arteries supplying the penis are narrower than the coronary arteries, so they show atherosclerosis earlier. ED frequently precedes a cardiac event by a few years.

That makes it an opportunity rather than only an embarrassment. Assessing blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose at the same time is the point, and men who come in about erections sometimes leave having had something more important found.

I find this embarrassing. What will I actually be asked?

Direct questions, asked matter-of-factly: how long, whether it happens every time, whether you wake with erections, whether desire has changed, what medication you take, how much you drink.

Whatever it is, it has been asked before, and there is no version of this where you are wasting anyone's time. Many men find a video call from their own home considerably easier than a surgery, which is a large part of why this service exists.

Can I get sildenafil or tadalafil?

Usually, where it is safe. The assessment covers blood pressure, cardiovascular history and what else you take.

The absolute bar is nitrates — GTN spray, isosorbide, and the poppers sold as room odourisers. That combination can be fatal and there is no dose adjustment that makes it safe. Recent heart attack, stroke or unstable angina also need assessment first.

I am tired all the time. What will you actually test?

Typically thyroid function, ferritin, full blood count, HbA1c, liver and kidney function, vitamin D, B12 and a morning testosterone.

But the highest-yield question is not a blood test — it is whether you snore. Sleep apnoea produces exactly this picture, is badly underdiagnosed, and transforms how people feel once treated.

I have found a lump in my testicle.

Get it assessed in person this week. Do not wait.

Most testicular lumps are benign cysts. But testicular cancer is the commonest cancer in men aged 15 to 45, it is typically painless — which is exactly why it gets left — and it is highly curable when caught early. An ultrasound settles it quickly, and we will arrange urgent referral rather than reassure you from a description.

Do I have to talk about how much I drink?

You will be asked, and an honest number is genuinely more useful than a diplomatic one. Alcohol suppresses testosterone, fragments sleep, raises blood pressure and lowers mood — which means it sits underneath most of what men book these appointments about.

Nobody is keeping score. But a doctor working from an understated figure is working from the wrong picture.

Dr Mohammad Zubair Khan, GMC-registered private GP and founder of Cheshire Clinics

Clinically reviewed by Dr Mohammad Zubair Khan, GMC 7563469

Last reviewed

August 23, 2026

How it works

What happens when you book

£40 for a 20-minute appointment with a GMC-registered GP, 6am to 10pm, seven days a week. Membership is optional and never required.
Cheshire Clinics online GP appointment booking confirmation on mobile
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Book your appointment

Pick a time that suits you — 6am to 10pm, seven days a week, including weekends and bank holidays. £40 for 20 minutes, self-pay, with no insurance to arrange.
5–10 minutes
Online video consultation with a GMC-registered private GP
02

Meet your GP

A 20-minute video or phone consultation with a GMC-registered GP — long enough for a proper conversation about your symptoms, your history and what matters to you.
20 minutes
Diagnostic testing plan including blood test panel, ECG and urine screening
03

Tests and referrals, if you need them

Where testing will actually answer the question, we arrange it — blood tests and health screening through our laboratory partner, or a referral for ultrasound, X-ray, CT or MRI through private imaging providers. We will also tell you when a scan is not the right next step.
1–7 days
Personalised results and treatment plan from a private GP consultation
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Results and next steps

Your GP talks you through what the results mean and agrees the next step with you. Every consultation ends with your treatment plan in writing, and any prescription goes to your own pharmacy.
20 minutes
GP follow-up reminder for ongoing care and progress monitoring
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Ongoing care and follow-up

Follow-up appointments, progress monitoring and ongoing advice — including saying plainly when something needs in-person or NHS care instead.

Ongoing

How we compare

Time to be seen

Appointment length

Your NHS record in the room

Written treatment plan

Told when a test isn’t needed

Cost

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

Questions about our service

How quickly can I be seen?

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.

Will I see the same doctor each time?

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.

Can you see my NHS records?

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.

Are you trying to replace my NHS GP?

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.

What is included in the appointment?

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.

How much does it cost?

£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.

What does “treatable online” actually mean?

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.

Can you prescribe antibiotics?

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.

What if the GP cannot help with what I need?

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.

What should I do in an emergency?

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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