A digital private prescription issued after your consultation, which you can take to any pharmacy in the UK.
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
Care led personally by Dr Khan
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Where treatment is clinically appropriate, the GP can issue a private prescription during your consultation.
It's sent to you digitally and you take it to any UK pharmacy — your usual one, or whichever is most convenient. You are never tied to a particular pharmacy, and you can compare prices before you collect.
The medication itself, charged by the pharmacy that dispenses it. Private prescription prices are set by each pharmacy and are not fixed, so it is worth comparing — the difference between pharmacies can be substantial.
A prescription follows an assessment, not a request form.
Sent to you within about ten minutes of the consultation ending.
Yours, whichever is nearest, or wherever is cheapest. You are never tied to a particular pharmacy.
For anything ongoing, we arrange review rather than issuing and forgetting about it.
A prescription follows an assessment. That sounds obvious and it is the difference between this and an online form.
Fetch your actual medication before the appointment starts. Most people misremember doses, and the strength printed on the box settles it in seconds. Include:
The GP establishes what the problem is, whether medication is the right answer, and which one. Where you have taken something before, expect questions about whether it worked and what happened when you stopped.
Say if you have not been taking something you were prescribed. It is extremely common and entirely understandable — and what causes harm is a doctor increasing the dose of something you were never taking.
You will be asked which pharmacy. Private prescription prices are set by each pharmacy and vary substantially, so it is genuinely worth ringing two before deciding — particularly for anything you will be taking long term.
Requesting a medicine does not guarantee receiving it. Where something is not clinically appropriate you will get the reasoning, and usually an alternative. The fee covers the assessment either way.
Cheshire Clinics has no financial arrangement with any pharmacy. Nobody here earns anything from what is dispensed, which means there is no incentive to prescribe something you do not need.
The prescription is issued digitally and is valid at any pharmacy in the UK — you are never tied to a particular one, and you can still change your mind about where to take it.
The £40 covers the consultation and the prescription itself. You pay the pharmacy separately for the medicine, at whatever that pharmacy charges — there is no fixed private price.
Two things worth knowing:
If you are exempt from NHS charges, or live in Wales, your NHS route will almost always be cheaper and we will say so.
You will be told what to expect in the first fortnight — which side effects are common and settle, which mean stopping and getting in touch, and when you should notice a difference. Read the leaflet, but ask us rather than stopping on the strength of it; the leaflet lists everything ever reported, without weighting.
We arrange follow-up rather than issuing and forgetting. For a repeat of something already established, see repeat prescriptions.
With your consent we will write to your practice. This matters more for prescriptions than almost anything else — a practice that does not know what you are taking cannot check for interactions, and that gap is a genuine safety risk rather than an administrative one.
A prescription is only issued where it is clinically appropriate. Requesting one does not guarantee you will receive it, and the consultation fee covers the assessment either way.
You pay the pharmacy separately for the medication itself. Private prescription costs are set by the pharmacy and are not covered by the £40 fee.
It depends entirely on the drug, and the answer surprises people.
The NHS charge in England is a flat fee per item regardless of what the medicine costs. Many common generics cost a pharmacy only a few pounds, so a private prescription for them can come to less than the NHS charge. For expensive medicines the reverse is true, often by a wide margin.
If you are exempt from NHS charges, or live in Wales, the NHS route is free and nothing private will beat it. The same applies if you hold an NHS prepayment certificate.
Any pharmacy in the UK. You are not tied to one, and prices vary substantially between them because each sets its own. For anything you will take long term, comparing two or three is worth the effort.
Opioid painkillers, benzodiazepines, z-drugs for sleep, and stimulants — without exception. Remote consultation is not a safe setting for controlled drugs, and this applies to every patient regardless of history or circumstances.
We also do not initiate ADHD medication. See our position on shared care.
Often yes, after assessment. Bring evidence of what you are on — a repeat slip, the boxes, a clinic letter. Continuing a treatment safely means knowing the dose, how long you have been on it, and what monitoring is due, and we cannot take that on trust for anything that needs blood tests.
No. We are not a pharmacy and we do not dispense or deliver. You collect from a pharmacy of your choosing.
We would rather be plain about this than imply otherwise — some online services do deliver, and if that is what matters most to you, one of those may suit you better.
No. Cheshire Clinics has no financial arrangement with any pharmacy, and nobody here earns anything from what is dispensed.
It is worth asking any provider this question. Where a service prescribes and dispenses, there is an incentive that we simply do not have.
No. A prescription follows an assessment. That is a GMC requirement and it is also the point — the value of a prescribing decision is the thinking behind it.
Six months from the date of issue for most medicines. Take it to a pharmacy well before then, and note that a pharmacy may not stock something unusual on the day — ringing ahead saves a wasted trip.
Clinically reviewed by Dr Mohammad Zubair Khan, GMC 7563469
Last reviewed
August 23, 2026
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Ongoing
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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