# Dr Ben Ingram — Proactive Medicine in Kent > Source: https://drbeningram.com/ > Proactive medicine in Kent. A comprehensive assessment, a written health strategy, and a named doctor who manages your health across the year. Same-day assessment for member families. # The thing that gets you *is rarely a surprise.* Most of what shortens a life is building quietly for years before anyone looks. I find it while it is still small, I build you a plan, and I manage it across the year. Your family gets me the same day when something goes wrong fast. [Start with a full assessment](https://online-booking.semble.io/?token=ff40ba7bcddba56522824a1a84222cdb5f50a2cf) See how it works --- Why it works ## Most illness starts *long before symptoms.* By the time something shows up in a ten-minute appointment, it has usually been building for years. The heart risk, the metabolic drift, the slow change no single test flags on its own. Standard care waits for the symptom because that is all it has time to do. This practice is built to catch the thing while it is still small, and to stay with it until it is dealt with. 01 ### Time changes what a doctor can see A rushed appointment finds what you came in for. A proper one finds what you did not know to ask about. The difference is not skill, it is time, and time is the thing general practice has lost. 02 ### One doctor, watching over years Continuity is what turns a set of results into a trend. When the same doctor reads your numbers year after year, a small change tells a story a one-off check never could. 03 ### Acting early is easier than treating late Almost everything that shortens a life is cheaper, simpler, and less frightening to deal with early. The whole point of watching closely is to act while acting still costs you little. --- What the practice does ## Medicine that looks *further ahead.* Five things, done properly, for a deliberately limited number of patients. The practice is built around watching your health over time rather than waiting for you to bring me a problem. ### The Comprehensive Assessment A long first appointment, in person. Full history and examination, resting ECG, body composition, heart rate variability, blood pressure profile, and a broad blood panel with every laboratory test included. It ends in a written strategy, not a set of results. ### Continuous oversight Your results tracked over time rather than read in isolation. I interpret every panel, including ones you have had done elsewhere, and I tell you what changed and what it means. ### Same-day when it matters When you or your child needs a doctor today, you get one who already knows you. I tell you what it is, what to watch for, and exactly which signs mean it needs more. Home visit when it is needed. ### Prevention and performance Metabolic health, cardiovascular trajectory, sleep, body composition, strength, and hormonal status. Measured properly, tracked, and managed toward where you want to be. ### Advanced diagnostics VO₂ max, ambulatory blood pressure, biological age testing, pharmacogenomic testing to guide prescribing, and more. Used where they change a decision, never as a product. --- Your first year ## What actually *happens.* The why is one thing. Here is the practical shape of it, from your first appointment through the year that follows. Step 01 ### The Comprehensive Assessment Your first appointment is a long one, in person. We go through your full medical history, any current concerns, family history, lifestyle, and what you want from the next decade. A full examination, cardiac and metabolic testing, and a broad blood panel follow, with every laboratory test included in the fee. You leave having been assessed properly, most likely for the first time. Step 02 ### Your health strategy Within five working days you receive a written strategy. Where you stand, what needs attention now, what we are watching, and what we do next. No jargon. No folder of numbers. A clear, honest account of your health and what we do about it. Step 03 ### Managed care From here, I am your doctor. Reviews are booked by the practice rather than requested by you, results are tracked over time, and I contact you when the data warrants it. You are never chasing your own care. --- Membership & fees ## Transparent pricing. *No surprises.* Start with the assessment. It stands alone, and it is credited in full against membership if you join within 90 days. Family covers two adults and up to two children under 16. Start here The Comprehensive Assessment £995 one-off · comprehensive blood panel included Credited in full if you join within 90 days **The proper look most people have never had.** A long appointment, a comprehensive panel, and a written plan for the decade ahead. - A long appointment with a doctor who examines you himself and has time to look properly - Heart, metabolism, body composition and a comprehensive blood panel, all in one sitting - Every test in the panel included, with no separate lab bill to follow - A written strategy within five working days, not a folder of numbers [Book an assessment](https://online-booking.semble.io/?token=ff40ba7bcddba56522824a1a84222cdb5f50a2cf) Most chosen Proactive £245 per month Registration £195, waived on annual **A named doctor watching your health across the year.** Your yearly assessment, scheduled reviews, and same-day care when something needs a doctor today. - Your yearly assessment and written strategy, done properly - A doctor who reviews your health on a schedule, so you never chase your own care - Four same-day acute video assessments a year, requested before 4pm on a working day - Same-day assessment when you need a doctor today, in person or by video - A home visit at no charge when I judge one is needed, in Zone 1 - A direct line for results and questions, answered within a working day Enquire Most complete Managed £595 per month · limited availability Registration £195, waived on annual **Your health actively managed, not just reviewed.** For people who want their health run like something that matters, with a doctor working a plan all year. - Everything in Proactive - A doctor working to a plan across your heart, metabolism, sleep, body composition, strength and hormones - Reviewed every quarter, with repeat bloods at the points your plan sets, draw included and lab at cost - Continuous monitoring through your wearables and home devices, read by a doctor - Six same-day acute video assessments a year, home visit included in Zone 1 and Zone 2 - Priority response, same working day for messages before 2pm - Deliberately limited numbers, so every patient gets the time this takes Enquire The assessment is paid once. Join within 90 days and the full fee credits against your first year, so it is never a cost on top of membership. Your assessment includes every test in the panel, and beyond that any imaging, consultant or drug costs pass through at cost, with nothing added. Zone 1 is up to 30 minutes' drive from my office, Zone 2 is 30 to 60 minutes. Your zone is fixed when you join, from a weekday journey to your registered address. If you use testosterone or other performance compounds, Sentinel is a focused monitoring programme built around that. [See Sentinel →](https://drbeningram.com/hormone-monitoring) Available without membership A few things are open to anyone. Everything else on the schedule below is for members. Remote consultation, up to 20 minPhone or video. Payment at booking. £95 Extended remote consultation, up to 40 minFor complex or multi-problem presentations. £175 Comprehensive Assessment, individualIn person, every laboratory test included. Credited in full against membership within 90 days. £995 Comprehensive Assessment, familyTwo adults, up to two children under 16. As above. £1,495 Non-NHS form, letter or medical reportInsurance, employment, fitness to travel, and similar. Quoted on scope, payment before release. from £75 Book a phone or video consultation now. Twenty minutes with Dr Ingram for £95, with payment taken at booking. [Book a consultation](https://online-booking.semble.io/?token=2b5f5ba26e0776316af83b9c59dd2e0e521c1b50) Member fee schedule Here is the part that matters. If I judge a test, a visit or an investigation is clinically needed, it is part of your care and not a charge. This schedule prices only the things you might ask for beyond that, and it is published so you can see there is nothing hidden. Laboratory fees, imaging, consultant fees, vaccine stock and drug costs pass through at cost, evidenced on request. Extra acute assessment, beyond your yearly allowanceYour allowance rarely runs out. This is only if it does. £75 Home or workplace visit you requestWhen you would prefer I come to you rather than a clinical need. Zone 2 adds £25. £175 Home visit I judge is neededNever a charge. Included in every membership. included Private prescription, administrationBeyond one repeat issue a month. Following consultation only. £25 Fit noteFollowing consultation only. £30 Referral letterFollowing consultation only. £50 Medical report or insurance formQuoted on scope. Payment before release. from £50 Biological age test, epigeneticIf you want it. Includes interpretation. £495 Pharmacogenomic testIf you want it. Includes interpretation. £295 Additional blood test you requestBeyond what your plan schedules. Draw included, laboratory fee at cost. at cost Imaging: ultrasound, MRI, CT, X-rayArranged and interpreted. at cost Vaccination, administration per vaccineVaccine stock at cost. £25 Travel health consultationVaccines and antimalarials at cost. £75 Additional Sentinel review, beyond six £95 Investigations I run on my own equipment, the ECG, body composition and heart rate variability, are included whenever I judge them clinically necessary. Third-party investigations, laboratory tests and advanced imaging, are always charged at cost, with nothing added. Allowances run per membership year and do not roll over. Zones are fixed at joining from your registered address. [Read the full membership terms →](https://drbeningram.com/terms) Scope ## What this is, and *what it isn't.* This is proactive medicine. I assess you properly, I watch what matters over time, and I act early. For members, that includes a same-day assessment when you or your child is unwell, within practice hours, including Saturday mornings, with a home visit when it is clinically needed. **It is not urgent or emergency care, and it is not an out-of-hours service.** If someone is seriously unwell, call 999. If something cannot wait until morning, call 111 or the NHS out-of-hours service. Those services exist and they are good at what they do. What I offer instead is the thing they cannot. A doctor who already knows your history, who has followed your health over time, and who can tell you today whether this needs more than reassurance. About ## A doctor who knows *you already.* I'm a GP with nearly 20 years of NHS and private practice experience. I set up this service because general practice has lost the two things that change outcomes, which are time and continuity, and no amount of faster appointments puts them back. The model is simple: fewer patients than a normal practice, a complete picture of each one, and medicine that acts before you are ill. I know your history. I know your family. Alongside this practice I lead clinical work in biological risk and executive performance through Ravn Health, which means patients who want to go deeper on cognitive and executive performance have that option too. - MRCGP — Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners - MBBS — Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry - BSc Biochemistry — King's College London - GP Partner, PCN Clinical Director, and Co-Chair of Medway & Swale GP Federation - Special interest in metabolic health and executive performance > "Most people don't need more healthcare. They need a doctor who was already watching." Dr Ben Ingram --- Patient feedback ## What patients say. “ Not a figures-only approach. The whole picture gets looked at, and you’re listened to rather than diagnosed by threshold. The level of contact and accessibility is unlike anything I’ve had from a GP before. Personal member — metabolic health “ I was able to speak about what was going on at length, on a genuinely personal level, and have test results actually explained. Less anxiety, earlier awareness of symptoms, and real improvements from monitoring alongside the consultations. Personal member — perimenopause & gut health “ I developed an understanding of how my body responds to diet and exercise that I’ve carried forward ever since. Blood pressure down, blood sugar down, and I’ve reached goals I hadn’t expected to reach. Personal member — metabolic syndrome ## Start with *the assessment.* It stands alone, and it is credited in full against membership if you join within 90 days. Book a time that suits you. [Book an assessment](https://online-booking.semble.io/?token=ff40ba7bcddba56522824a1a84222cdb5f50a2cf) Get in touch ## Or send *an enquiry.* Not ready to book? Send an enquiry and I'll come back to you myself. No obligation, just a conversation about what you want from your health and whether this practice is the right place for it. 01795 358853 Practice hours, Mon–Fri 8am–6pm · Sat 9am–1pm Kent & surrounding areas Assessments in person. Reviews scheduled across the year Not an emergency service Call 999 if someone is seriously unwell, or 111 if it cannot wait until morning Using testosterone or other performance compounds? [See Sentinel monitoring →](https://drbeningram.com/hormone-monitoring) Dr Ben Ingram provides proactive medicine and private GP care across Kent, including Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, Canterbury, Faversham, Sittingbourne, and surrounding areas. The practice does not provide urgent, emergency or out-of-hours care.