The Best Places For A Private Health Screening
BEST FOR ALL-ROUND PEACE OF MIND:
Coyne Medical
Coyne offers the full range of contemporary health and wellness services at two clinics close to Parsons Green. Need a GP? It’s got a whole team of them on call for short-notice consultations. Looking for something less urgent? There are yoga instructors, consultant dermatologists, psychotherapists and life coaches in its ranks too. It’s also strong on child health and parenting advice – and for anyone who just wants to press the escape button, it’s got a whole-body cryotherapy chamber. Its health screening services start with face-to-face consultations and clinical examinations, leading to a detailed review of your health and lifestyle, and ultimately a customised action plan. In-depth add-ons include comprehensive blood testing. Health screenings start from £230.
109 New King’s Road, Parsons Green, SW6 4SJ; 660 Fulham Road, Parsons Green, SW6 5RX
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BEST FOR A STYLISH SETTING:
Lanserhof At The Arts Club
If traditional clinical settings fill you with dread, find sanctuary in Lanserhof At The Arts Club. It delivers leading-edge health and wellness services in the surrounds of a plush Mayfair members club – and you don’t need to be a member to access the clinic. Its offering is built around comprehensive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Once its elite team of pros have all of that information, they can set to work identifying the causes of any issues, while helping you build your defences against future disease. Specialisms include metabolic disorders, hypertension and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
17-18 Dover Street, Mayfair, W1S 4LT
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BEST FOR THE LATEST TECH:
Echelon Health
From cancer to coronary heart disease, Echelon has all the leading causes of early death covered. Its personal health assessments are designed to shine an early light on anything that’s been bubbling away unseen. This Harley Street clinic is home to advanced imaging equipment, operated by best-in-class radiographers and radiologists. And to ensure it stays at the top of its game, it partners with other local facilities to ensure clients always have access to the very latest kit.
68 Harley Street, Marylebone, W1G 7HE
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BEST FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH CHECKS:
The Tyburn
The Tyburn in Marylebone is a small private medical practice that strives to build stable long-term relationships with all of its patients. As well as offering a full GP service, it carries out health and wellness checks tailored to women (and men). Its Well Woman service explores your full medical history and reviews current lifestyle and diet, as well as looking for specific issues with an ECG, a diabetes risk assessment and lung, urine and blood tests. A Well Woman medical costs £440. Some subsequent cancer screenings come with additional costs.
22 Upper Wimpole Street, Marylebone, W1G 6NB
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BEST FOR SPECIALISED CHECKS:
One Welbeck
When it opened in 2019, One Welbeck immediately became a major player in London’s private medical scene. Its West End HQ is currently home to more than 200 consultants spread across nine floors and an ever-growing number of specialisms. Alongside the endocrinologists, the lung experts and the sports medicine practitioners, there’s a dedicated imaging and diagnostics team with the latest CT, MRI and x-ray tech at its fingertips. All major health insurance companies recognise One Welbeck, while self-pay prices start from £725 for a CT scan or £750 for MRI.
1 Welbeck Street, Marylebone, W1G 0AR
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BEST FOR A LUXE EXPERIENCE:
Preventicum
Preventicum bills itself as London’s Centre of Preventive Medicine. Luckily it has the in-house kit, expertise and level of service to support that claim. In a setting that feels a lot more luxury hotel than hospital, it can diagnose existing conditions, identify key risk factors for the future and tailor a preventive strategy to suit your lifestyle. Before you go, just make sure your heart can take the prices. For all-round health checks, it’s £2,000 for the 4.5-hour non-MRI Essential Assessment, jumping to £8,000 for a 6.5-hour Elite Assessment – which focuses on general fitness, stamina and endurance, as well as any specific concerns you might have.
The Cursitor Building, 38 Chancery Lane, Holborn, WC2A 1EN
BEST FOR PERSONAL SERVICE:
The Portobello Clinic
The Portobello Clinic opened in Notting Hill more than three decades ago. Since then, it’s distinguished itself with a patient-first approach to personal healthcare. As well as offering private GP and specialist services from podiatry to psychiatry, its team of six doctors carry out health screenings to detect any problems early. Once they’ve reviewed your past medical history and current concerns, carried out a full physical exam, as well as blood, urine, stool and ECG tests, they will make all the recommendations and introductions you need. That’s the annual health check service. If you want more, there are gold and platinum options that include CT scans of various body parts.
12 Raddington Road, Notting Hill, W10 5TG
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DISCLAIMER: Features published by SheerLuxe are not intended to treat, diagnose, cure or prevent any disease. Always seek the advice of your GP or another qualified healthcare provider for any questions you have regarding a medical condition, and before undertaking any diet, exercise or other health-related programme.
If you are aged 40 to 74, you might also be able to request a free NHS health check via your GP. Find out more here.