A review of medication you already take, with a fresh private prescription where it remains appropriate.
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
Attentive, unhurried care that listens properly
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For medication you already take, the consultation is a review rather than a fresh diagnosis: whether it's still working, whether the dose is right, and whether any monitoring is due.
Where it remains appropriate, a new private prescription is issued for you to take to any pharmacy.
A photograph of the packaging or your repeat slip is ideal.
Is it working? Is the dose right? Are there side effects you have stopped mentioning? Is monitoring due?
Digitally, for any UK pharmacy.
This is the difference between a consultation that can safely reissue and one that cannot.
Expect four questions: is it still working, is the dose still right, are there side effects you have stopped mentioning, and is monitoring due?
That third one is worth preparing for. People adapt to side effects and stop reporting them — tiredness on a beta blocker, cough on an ACE inhibitor, sexual side effects on an SSRI, ankle swelling on amlodipine. All are common, all are frequently endured for years, and all are usually fixable by a change.
Genuinely. Not taking a medicine as prescribed is extremely common and entirely understandable — side effects, cost, doubt about whether it helps, or simply forgetting.
What causes harm is a doctor increasing the dose of something you were never taking. Nobody is keeping score, and an honest answer changes the decision for the better.
The prescription is issued digitally and is valid at any pharmacy in the UK. You pay the pharmacy for the medicine itself, and prices vary substantially between them — worth comparing for anything ongoing.
Book it promptly rather than when you next run low. The commonest reason a repeat cannot be issued is that a test due six months ago still has not been done — and that is a problem that compounds.
Note which tests need timing: lithium levels at a set interval after the dose, thyroid function ideally before the morning tablet, and some drugs needing a trough level.
Reorder with at least a week in hand. Pharmacies do not always stock everything, manufacturers have supply problems, and a bank holiday weekend has caught out a great many people.
If you are travelling, order earlier still — and see our travel letter if you are taking medication abroad.
If you are on a stable long-term medicine, membership includes repeat prescriptions without booking a consultation each time, where it is clinically appropriate and monitoring is up to date. For anyone on regular treatment that is usually the cheaper route — see the comparison.
With your consent we write to them, and for repeat medication this matters more than almost anywhere. A practice that does not know what you are actually taking cannot check for interactions when they prescribe something new — and that gap is a genuine safety risk rather than an administrative one.
If you want to come off something, that is a conversation rather than a decision to make alone. Several common medicines cause real harm if stopped suddenly — steroids, beta blockers, antidepressants, anti-epileptics among them. See which ones and why.
Please have the name, dose and frequency of your current medication ready, along with any recent monitoring results. Without them the GP may not be able to safely reissue.
Some medications require blood tests or physical monitoring before reissue. Where that applies, we will arrange the tests first rather than prescribe blind.
Because a prescription is a clinical decision each time it is made, and that is a GMC requirement rather than a policy of ours.
In practice the review usually finds something worth knowing: a dose that could come down, monitoring that is overdue, a side effect being tolerated unnecessarily, or a medicine that is no longer needed. A review that changes nothing still confirms the treatment is right, which is not nothing.
On pay-as-you-go, no. On membership, yes — repeat prescriptions are included without booking a consultation, provided it is clinically appropriate and you are within your monitoring interval.
For anyone on regular long-term medication, that is usually the more economical arrangement.
A common and entirely reasonable reason to book. Have your repeat slip and the boxes to hand, and allow time before you fly — pharmacies do not always stock everything, and if you are taking medication abroad you may also want a travel letter.
Often, after assessment. Bring evidence of what you are on — the clinic letter, the boxes, recent monitoring.
Where a treatment requires monitoring we cannot take on trust, or where we consider the regime unsafe, we will say so rather than continue it. That applies particularly to testosterone and to weight-loss prescribing.
Depends on the drug, and it is worth knowing rather than assuming:
Yes, and it is a good reason to book. What matters is doing it properly rather than stopping one day.
Several common medicines cause genuine harm if stopped abruptly — steroids, beta blockers, antidepressants, anti-epileptics, and benzodiazepines especially. A tapering plan takes one appointment to write. More on which and why.
Not always, and the answer surprises people. The NHS charge in England is a flat fee per item whatever the drug costs, so for inexpensive generics a private prescription can come to less.
If you are exempt from NHS charges, hold a prepayment certificate, or live in Wales, the NHS route will be cheaper and we will say so.
Clinically reviewed by Dr Mohammad Zubair Khan, GMC 7563469
Last reviewed
August 23, 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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