See a GP today. Same-day appointments are usually available within hours, including evenings and weekends.
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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When something can't wait for a routine appointment, a same-day slot gets you in front of a GP within hours rather than weeks.
Appointments run from 6am to 10pm, seven days a week.
No premium for same-day booking. It is the same £40 as any other appointment.
Same-day slots are released throughout the day, including evenings and weekends.
Your slot is confirmed immediately.
By video or phone, from home, work or anywhere private.
Documents are issued within about ten minutes of the consultation ending, so a sick note reaches your employer today rather than next week.
Slots are released through the day and into the evening, so booking in the morning usually means being seen the same morning or early afternoon. Booking at nine at night usually means an early slot the next day rather than that evening — we would rather say that than imply otherwise.
There is no premium for booking same-day. It is the same £40 as any other appointment.
A same-day consultation is often about something acute, and having a few things ready makes the twenty minutes go considerably further:
The GP screens for the things that need a different service before anything else. That is not a delay — it is the most valuable two minutes of an acute consultation, and where the answer is A&E or 111 you will hear it straight away rather than at the end.
A full assessment, an explanation of what is going on, and a plan with a specific point at which to seek help again. Where a prescription is indicated it is issued within about ten minutes and goes to a pharmacy you choose — which for an evening appointment means checking that your chosen pharmacy is still open, or picking a late-opening one.
That is the whole point of the service. Documents — a sick note, a prescription, a referral letter — are issued within about ten minutes of the consultation ending, so a Friday illness does not become a Monday problem.
For a prescription, check your pharmacy's closing time before choosing it. A late-opening or 24-hour pharmacy is worth naming if the appointment is an evening one.
Acute illness changes, and the plan accounts for that. Rather than "see how you go", expect something concrete: a number of days, a temperature, a symptom that would change things. That threshold is the most important thing to take away.
We run 6am to 10pm. Outside those hours nobody here is monitoring messages, so:
Do not wait for a morning slot if something has changed sharply. Getting seen quickly is what this service is for, and that logic applies just as much when the right destination is not us.
A brief follow-up message about the same episode is included. If it has been several days and things are no better, that usually warrants a fresh assessment rather than a message — and sometimes an in-person one.
Same-day access is not the same as emergency care, and the difference is worth being blunt about.
Call 999 for chest pain, severe breathlessness, stroke symptoms — face drooping, arm weakness, slurred speech — severe bleeding, a first seizure, or a rash that does not fade when pressed with a glass.
Call 111 if you are seriously unwell and cannot safely wait for an appointment slot, even a same-day one.
What a same-day remote appointment cannot do:
Booking a same-day slot does not guarantee a prescription. The fee covers the assessment, and where an antibiotic or other treatment is not clinically indicated, we will explain why rather than issue one to justify the appointment.
Anyone who is seriously unwell should be seen in person. We would rather redirect you in the first two minutes than take twenty.
Usually within a few hours, and often sooner. Slots run 6am to 10pm, seven days a week, including bank holidays, and are released through the day rather than all at once in the morning.
Honestly: a booking made late in the evening more often means an early slot the following morning than one that night. We would rather set that expectation than overpromise.
No. It is £40, the same as any other appointment, with any sick note, prescription or referral letter included. Charging a premium for urgency would be charging people for being unwell at an inconvenient time.
No, and the distinction matters. Same-day access means being seen within hours by a GP. It does not mean immediate treatment, and it cannot substitute for emergency care.
999 for chest pain, severe breathlessness, stroke symptoms, severe bleeding, a first seizure, or a non-blanching rash. 111 if you are seriously unwell and cannot safely wait for a slot — even a same-day one.
Only if they are clinically indicated. Booking a same-day slot does not guarantee a prescription, and where an antibiotic is not warranted you will get an explanation rather than one issued to justify the appointment.
Most acute coughs, sore throats and colds are viral. A delayed prescription — collected only if things have not improved in 48 hours — is frequently the right answer and we will offer it where it fits.
Yes, provided the assessment supports one. It is issued within about ten minutes of the consultation ending and included in the £40 — so you can forward it to your employer the same afternoon. Note that for the first seven calendar days of illness you can usually self-certify and may not need one at all; it is worth checking your employer's policy before booking.
The GP will tell you within the first few minutes and direct you to where that can happen. Where a consultation ends almost immediately because it plainly should not have been remote, we refund it. Several acute presentations — an unwell young child, severe abdominal pain, a suspected fracture — need hands rather than a screen, and pretending otherwise would be unsafe.
Yes. Early and late slots exist precisely because the people who most struggle to get an appointment are the ones who cannot take time out of a working day — shift workers, carers, parents doing school runs. Weekends and bank holidays run the same hours.
Yes, from three months old, with a parent or guardian present throughout.
But an unwell or feverish baby under one should be seen in person the same day rather than booked with us — and babies under three months are not assessed remotely at all. Fever in that youngest group is managed entirely differently and needs same-day in-person assessment, whoever they see.
For an older child who is well in themselves, a same-day slot works well for rashes, sore throats, ear symptoms and the common question of whether something needs seeing tonight or can wait.
Clinically reviewed by Dr Mohammad Zubair Khan, GMC 7563469
Last reviewed
August 23, 2026
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Time to be seen
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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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