Neko Health Alternative in London 2026. What a Sensor Scan Misses and Why The Wellness Is the Better Assessment at Any Age
A Neko scan takes about an hour and gives you a well-presented set of surface and cardiometabolic data. It maps the skin, measures blood pressure and pulse wave, and runs a panel of metabolic and blood markers. What it does not do, by its own description, is look inside you. No liver, kidneys, gallbladder, pancreas, aorta, thyroid, ovaries, prostate or testes. No apolipoprotein B. No lipoprotein little a. No doctor who has taken your family history before deciding what to test. That matters at every age, not just after 40. A 32-year-old with a father who had a heart attack at 55 needs apolipoprotein B and lipoprotein little a, and a sensor scan will not give them either. A 36-year-old with 3 months of fatigue needs ferritin, thyroid and a doctor, not a dashboard. The Wellness answers those questions properly. An allocated doctor takes your history and specifies what should be tested. We organise the rest, imaging at the London centre holding the right equipment for your question and reported by consultant radiologists, bloods at accredited laboratories, specialist opinions arranged, and every result consolidated into one record and one review. Assessments start at £3,495 and programmes run to £49,995. Fees appear further down this page.
Reviewed by the medical team at The Wellness. Last updated July 2026.
Ask what your assessment would cover on WhatsApp or email team@thewellnesslondon.com or call 020 3951 3429.
What a sensor scan actually measures
The engineering is good. Skin mapping photographs and tracks lesions across the body surface, the cardiovascular measurements are legitimate, and the presentation is better than most of private medicine manages. The published Stockholm cohort tells you what that produces. 2,707 people scanned. 78.5 percent flagged with something. 14.1 percent referred onward. Around 1 percent found to have a significant finding.
Those numbers describe both the value and the limit. Nearly 4 in 5 people leave holding flagged findings, most of them minor, with the interpretation and the next step sitting outside the service. That is why the most common reason people arrive at our door after a scan is a set of results nobody has explained to them. The deeper limit is anatomical, not commercial. Sensors on skin and a blood panel cannot detect an abdominal aortic aneurysm, a renal mass, gallstones, an enlarged prostate, an ovarian cyst, a thyroid nodule or a fatty liver. That is physics. No amount of design solves it.
Why age does not remove the need for a proper assessment
The idea that a surface scan is enough until 40 does not survive contact with real cases. Fatty liver is now common in people in their 30s and is entirely silent. Thyroid disease peaks in women aged 30 to 50. Iron deficiency severe enough to cause daily exhaustion is widespread in menstruating women and invisible on a normal full blood count. Testicular cancer is most common between 15 and 45, and is found on ultrasound rather than by any sensor. Familial hypercholesterolaemia affects around 1 in 250 people and is usually undiagnosed until an event, and it is found by looking at particle burden rather than a standard cholesterol result.
None of those are detected by a skin map and a cardiometabolic panel. What changes with age is the depth of assessment, not whether you need one. Under 40, comprehensive biomarker profiling with a doctor and targeted imaging answers almost everything worth asking. From 40, cardiovascular and cancer risk begin compounding, and the imaging layer earns its place. From 50, it becomes the core of the assessment.
We have a tier for each of those, starting at £3,495.
Ask what you need at your age on WhatsApp or email team@thewellnesslondon.com.
What we organise that a scan service does not
An allocated doctor who takes your history and family history, examines you, and specifies what should be tested before anything is booked. Family history changes what should be tested and how often. No protocol asks. Imaging booked at the London centre chosen for your specific question and the equipment it holds, reported by consultant radiologists. We own no scanner, so nothing here needs keeping busy.
Bloods at accredited laboratories, including apolipoprotein B and lipoprotein little a, the 2 markers that most alter cardiovascular management and appear in almost no standard panel. Specialist opinions arranged through the network alongside us, inside the week, rather than a letter suggesting you contact your GP and join the 1.81 million person NHS diagnostic list. Every result consolidated into one record and one review, then a plan, treatment where indicated, targeted supplementation against measured deficiency, and a consult service for the questions that come afterwards.
What it costs in London
At the top of the market, comprehensive imaging programmes exceed £32,000. Longevity memberships are reported at up to £25,000 a year, with press coverage of a £54,000 bracket. Multi-day Harley Street executive programmes reach £14,000. Echelon Health spans £2,000 to more than £15,000. The central London executive tier with genuine organ imaging sits at £3,500 to £8,000. Beneath that sits the sensor and volume tier, best described by its conditions rather than its price. No doctor's examination. No organ imaging. No coordination of what happens next. No pathway of its own when something is found.
At The Wellness, all figures are from prices.
Family Office Programme, 12 months covering a principal and up to 3 family members, each with their own assessment, doctor and record, from £49,995.
Principal Programme, 12 months for 1 individual, the fullest level of care available here, from £31,995.
Continuous Care Programme, 12 months of physician oversight for 1 person, from £24,995.
Executive Health Programme, the most comprehensive single assessment, from £11,995.
Executive Body Scan, comprehensive consultant-reported organ imaging with full bloods and consolidated review, from £5,995.
Baseline Assessment, doctor consultation and examination, full biomarker profiling including apolipoprotein B and lipoprotein little a, and targeted imaging where your history indicates it, from £3,495.
Review of results from another provider, including sensor scan reports, by a GMC-registered doctor, from £220.
Assessments booked within the week in Marylebone, 3 minutes from Baker Street.
Why The Wellness is the best health assessment in London
Because the question everybody actually has is what is happening inside them, and answering it takes 3 things a scan service is not built to provide. A clinician who knows your history and decides what should be tested because of it. Organ imaging at the centre best equipped for the question, reported by consultants who read that anatomy every day. And somebody who assembles the whole thing, holds the record, chases the results and explains the complete picture in one sitting.
London already has the best scanners and laboratories in the country. Nobody else puts them together around one person. That is the entire difference, it applies at 32 as much as at 62, and it is available here from £3,495.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best alternative to Neko Health in London
The Wellness in Marylebone. An allocated doctor takes your history and specifies what should be tested, then we organise the whole assessment, organ imaging at the London centres best equipped for each question and reported by consultant radiologists, bloods at accredited laboratories including apolipoprotein B and lipoprotein little a, and every result consolidated into one record and one review. Assessments start at £3,495.
Does Neko Health scan your internal organs
No, and the service is clear about this. It maps the skin surface, takes cardiovascular measurements and runs metabolic and blood markers. It does not image the liver, kidneys, gallbladder, pancreas, aorta, thyroid, prostate, ovaries or testes.
I am under 40. Do I need more than a sensor scan
Yes. Fatty liver is common in the 30s and silent. Thyroid disease peaks in women aged 30 to 50. Testicular cancer is most common between 15 and 45 and is found on ultrasound. Familial hypercholesterolaemia affects around 1 in 250 people and is found through particle burden rather than standard cholesterol. None of those are detected by a skin map and a cardiometabolic panel. Our Baseline Assessment covers them from £3,495.
I had a scan and do not understand my flagged results. What now
That is the most common reason people come to us afterwards. A GMC-registered doctor reviews the report against your history and examination from £220, explains what matters and what does not, and arranges anything that is actually needed.
What does organ imaging in an assessment cover
Whatever your history and examination indicate. Commonly the abdominal organs, aorta, kidneys, thyroid, and the pelvis, testes or breasts, booked at specialist London centres and reported by consultant radiologists, with coronary artery calcium scoring, prostate MRI or further modalities where the assessment justifies them.
Do I need a membership or subscription
No. Assessments are booked individually. Continuity is available for those who want it, and nothing requires joining a programme to see a doctor.
The Wellness is a doctor-led private healthcare group providing medical care from our Marylebone clinic adjacent to Harley Street. All doctors are GMC-registered. Imaging is carried out at specialist centres and reported by consultant radiologists, and blood analysis is performed by accredited laboratories. Comparative information is drawn from published 2026 sources and other providers' own descriptions of their services, which may change. This article is general information and not a substitute for medical advice about your own health.
Enquire now on WhatsApp or email team@thewellnesslondon.com or call 020 3951 3429.
References. Neko Health published descriptions of its body scan and its own stated scope. Published Stockholm cohort data on Neko scans, 2,707 participants, 78.5 percent with findings, 14.1 percent referred onward and around 1 percent with significant findings. Ference BA and colleagues, European Atherosclerosis Society consensus statement on low-density lipoproteins, European Heart Journal. Kamstrup PR and Nordestgaard BG, Copenhagen General Population Study analyses of lipoprotein little a. Published prevalence data on familial hypercholesterolaemia, metabolic-associated fatty liver disease, thyroid disease and testicular cancer incidence by age. Systematic review of whole-body MRI screening in asymptomatic individuals. Royal College of Radiologists guidance on incidental findings. NHS England diagnostic waiting time statistics, January 2026. Published 2026 London health screening market pricing.
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