The assessment
The deepest look anyone has taken at your health.
One doctor, half a day, and the time to find what a rushed appointment never will. You leave knowing exactly where your health stands, and a clear plan to stay well for the years ahead.
What it is
One long appointment. A plan you can act on.
Almost nothing that shortens a life arrives as a surprise. It builds quietly, a little more each year, until it crosses a line. The question was never what is wrong today, but which way you are heading and how long you have to change it.
The assessment is where I find out where you stand and which way you are going, then turn it into a plan. Half a day, in person, one doctor. It is the most thorough look at your health you are likely to have had, and it ends in a written plan, not a folder of numbers.
What happens
Unhurried, and thorough. Here is how it goes.
A detailed history, read in advance
You complete a full history before we meet, and I read it beforehand. It means I already know your background when I arrive, and our time together goes on understanding your story rather than filling in boxes.
The history and the examination
We start by talking, for as long as it takes, and this is where the real picture forms. What is worrying you, what you want from the years ahead, how you actually live, sleep and work, the things a questionnaire never draws out. Someone waking at three every morning for a year does not write that on a form, and it never surfaces in a ten-minute appointment. Then a full clinical examination, unhurried and thorough.
Your tests and measurements
Then the hands-on part: your blood draw, a set of physical measurements, and a short check of your fitness, strength and balance. What each one is, and why it earns its place, is set out below.
Your written plan
A plan for the next ten years, in plain English. Where you stand, what needs attention now, what we watch but do not act on yet, and what to do next. It commits to specifics, not vague advice.
The conversation
We talk the plan through and decide what to act on now. You leave knowing what matters, why, and what to do first.
What's included
Everything the half-day takes in.
One appointment, and a genuinely thorough look. Far more than a standard health check, and every part of it earns its place.
A full history and examination
An unhurried conversation about your health, your concerns and what you want from the years ahead, then a thorough clinical examination.
Heart checks
A resting ECG, a blood pressure profile taken on both arms, and your arterial stiffness, a marker of how your vascular system is ageing.
Fitness and recovery
Your cardiorespiratory fitness measured directly, one of the strongest markers of long-term health, alongside body composition and heart rate variability.
Strength and balance
Grip strength, a sit-to-stand test and balance. Simple measures of how well you are ageing that a standard health check never looks at.
A broad blood panel
Your heart and circulation (cholesterol, ApoB and Lp(a)), metabolic and diabetes risk, your hormones and thyroid, inflammation, and liver, kidney and blood health.
A written ten-year plan
About a week later, in plain English: where you stand, what to act on now, what to watch, and the markers that tell you it is working.
What you leave with
A plan, not a folder of numbers.
Most health checks sell you a set of results. You get a folder, a green tick against most lines, and no idea what to do next. What you leave with is the opposite: a clear, honest picture of where your health stands today, and a plan that says what to do, how hard, for how long, and the markers to watch to know it is working. Written in plain English, so you can actually use it.
The investment
Know where your health really stands.
Most people are told they're fine on the strength of a ten-minute appointment and a blood test read against the average. This is a proper look at the systems that decide how long and how well you live, read by one doctor who tells you what it means for you and what to do about it.
Individual
- Cardiovascular risk read properly: cholesterol, ApoB and Lp(a), a resting ECG, your blood pressure pattern and arterial stiffness
- Metabolic and diabetes risk: blood sugar, insulin resistance and body composition
- Your fitness, strength and balance measured, not guessed: cardiorespiratory fitness, grip strength, sit-to-stand and balance
- Hormones, thyroid, inflammation and organ function, read together against your story
- An unhurried history and examination, the part that finds what forms and rushed appointments miss
- A written ten-year plan: what it means for you, and the priority actions to take
Couple
- Everything in the individual assessment, for both of you
- Each with your own history, examination, panel and written plan
- One doctor seeing the whole household: the risks you share and the picture that only shows when you look at the two of you together
The full assessment fee is credited against your first year's membership if you join the practice within ninety days.
Who it is for
For people who would rather know than wonder.
This is for adults who feel well but want to be sure, who carry a family history that sits at the back of their mind, or who have reached the age where they want a straight, thorough read on where they really stand while there is still time to act on it. If you would rather find something while it is small than wait for it to announce itself, this is built for you.
The first step
The front door to the practice.
The assessment stands on its own, and plenty of people take it as a one-off. It is also the first step into membership: proactive medicine for your whole life, with the same doctor watching your numbers across the years and acting early. If you join within ninety days, the fee credits back in full and this becomes your year-one assessment.
Common questions
Straight answers, before you book.
Is this the same as a health check?
No. A health check is a snapshot sold as a product: a set of numbers on one day, handed over in a folder. The assessment ends in a plan, read by one doctor who then holds it against next year's results. A normal reading today tells you little about the direction you are heading. The assessment is the baseline that makes that direction readable.
What if I don't join?
Then you keep the plan and run it yourself, and that is a fair use of it. It stands on its own. There is no pressure to join and nothing withheld if you don't.
Do you arrange the referrals or treatment I need?
The assessment gives you a written plan with clear, prioritised actions. I don't run investigations or referrals off the back of it. You take the plan to your own GP or insurer to arrange those, or you become a member of my practice and I coordinate them for you. Nothing is sold on the side.
What tests are included?
A great deal more than a standard health check. A full history and examination; a resting ECG, a two-arm blood pressure profile and your arterial stiffness; body composition, heart rate variability and your cardiorespiratory fitness measured directly; grip strength, sit-to-stand and balance; and a broad blood panel covering your cardiovascular risk (cholesterol, ApoB, Lp(a)), metabolic health, hormones, thyroid, inflammation and organ function. Read together by one doctor, and turned into a plan.
Can a couple book together?
Yes. A couple is £1,495 for two adults, assessed in the same half-day visit, each with their own history, examination, panel and plan.
Start here
Book the assessment.
CQC registered. GMC registered. MRCGP. An NHS GP partner, running this privately. Half a day, one doctor, £995, credited in full if you join.