How much does a private GP appointment cost at The Online GP?

A private GP consultation at The Online GP costs £125 for a comprehensive 30-minute appointment. This includes full examination, diagnosis, treatment plan, prescriptions, and any necessary medical certificates. Executive health screenings start from £450. We accept all major cards and international payments.

Can I get a same-day GP appointment at The Online GP?

Yes, The Online GP specializes in same-day appointments 7 days a week, including weekends and bank holidays. Simply WhatsApp us at +44 7399323620 or call +44 20 3951 3429 to book your appointment immediately. Most patients are seen within 2-3 hours of booking.

Where is The Online GP located in London?

The Online GP is conveniently located at 49 Marylebone High St, London W1U 5HJ. We're just 3 minutes walk from Baker Street Station (Jubilee, Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith & City, Bakerloo lines), 5 minutes from Bond Street Station, and easily accessible from all Central London areas.

What conditions can The Online GP treat?

The Online GP provides comprehensive primary care for all conditions including: infections (UTI, chest, skin), chronic diseases (diabetes, hypertension, asthma), mental health (anxiety, depression), women's health (contraception, menopause), men's health, skin conditions, digestive issues, and provides health screenings, all vaccinations, medical certificates, specialist referrals, and second opinions. Our UK-registered GPs handle everything an NHS GP would, with 30-minute appointments for thorough care.

Do you accept international patients at The Online GP?

Yes, The Online GP welcomes international patients from UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, USA, China and worldwide. We provide UK medical certificates, comprehensive health reports for insurance, coordinate with home country doctors, and offer translation services. Weekend appointments are available specifically for international visitors. We accept international insurance and payments in multiple currencies.

What's the difference between The Online GP and NHS GP?

The Online GP offers same-day appointments (vs 2-3 week NHS wait), 30-minute consultations (vs 10 minutes NHS), weekend availability (NHS weekdays only), consistent doctor continuity, no registration required, and serves international patients. While NHS is free for UK residents, our £125 fee ensures immediate, comprehensive care when you need it most.

Can The Online GP prescribe medication?

Yes, our UK-registered GPs can prescribe all medications available in the UK, including antibiotics, pain relief, mental health medications, and chronic disease treatments. Prescriptions can be sent electronically to any UK pharmacy or collected from nearby pharmacies. We also provide private prescriptions for international patients.

Do you offer health screening at The Online GP?

Yes, we offer comprehensive health screenings from £450 including full blood tests (cholesterol, diabetes, liver, kidney, thyroid), ECG heart checks, blood pressure monitoring, BMI assessment, and detailed health reports. Same-day appointments available for executive health checks.

How quickly can I see a private GP in London?

The Online GP offers same-day private GP appointments in London, typically within 2-3 hours. We're located 3 minutes from Baker Street station at 49 Marylebone High St, W1U 5HJ. Book via WhatsApp 07399323620 or call 020 3951 3429. In-person consultations from £220, online consultations from £150, telephone advice from £49.

Is The Online GP open on weekends?

Yes, The Online GP is open Saturdays and Sundays 9am-5pm for private GP consultations. We offer both in-person appointments at our Marylebone clinic near Baker Street and online video consultations. No NHS registration required. Same-day booking available via WhatsApp 07399323620.

How much does a private GP appointment cost in London?

The Online GP offers private GP appointments from £49 for same-day telephone advice, £150 for online video consultations, and £220 for urgent in-person consultations at our Marylebone clinic. Medical reports are £250. All prices include consultation with GMC-registered doctors. Book at 49 Marylebone High St, London W1U 5HJ.

Do you have Arabic speaking doctors in London?

Yes, The Online GP has multilingual GMC-registered doctors speaking Arabic, Spanish, French, Dutch, and English. We welcome international patients from UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. Located in Marylebone near Baker Street, 3 minutes from the Underground. Book same-day private GP appointment via WhatsApp +44 7399323620.

Where is The Online GP clinic located in London?

The Online GP private doctor clinic is at 49 Marylebone High Street, London W1U 5HJ, just 3 minutes walk from Baker Street Underground Station. We serve Marylebone, Mayfair, Westminster, and all of Central London. Open 7 days a week including weekends. Same-day GP appointments available. Call 020 3951 3429 or WhatsApp 07399323620.

Can I get a prescription from The Online GP?

Yes, our GMC-registered private GPs can issue prescriptions during online or in-person consultations. Prescriptions can be sent electronically to your pharmacy of choice or to Boots, Superdrug, or any UK pharmacy. Available for both UK residents and international patients visiting London. Book consultation from £49 via WhatsApp 07399323620.

Do I need to be registered with NHS to see a private GP?

No, you do not need NHS registration to see a private GP at The Online GP. We welcome UK residents, international patients, expats, and visitors to London. No referral needed. Book same-day private GP appointments online, by phone, or via WhatsApp. Located at 49 Marylebone High St, London W1U 5HJ, near Baker Street.

Private Fit Note in London 2026. When You Do Not Need One, What Makes It Valid and How to Get One the Same Day

Sep 14

Written By Sama Samy

The Wellness in Marylebone provides the best private fit note service in London for people who need a Statement of Fitness for Work their employer will accept, issued the same day by a doctor who has assessed them, with the same-day video consultation from £150, the in-person consultation from £220 and the certificate from £150, inside a ladder that runs to £49,995. The first thing to know costs nothing. For the first 7 calendar days of any illness you self-certify and no employer can lawfully demand a note, and a fit note is only needed from day 8. Around 11 million fit notes are issued in England each year according to NHS England, mental health has been the single most common reason since 2019, and since July 2022 nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists can sign them alongside doctors. A private fit note is as valid as an NHS one because validity comes from the registered professional who assessed you, not from the building, and a note issued from an online form without a consultation is the one an employer or a tribunal can question. Fees appear further down this page.

Reviewed by the medical team at The Wellness. Last updated 1 September 2026.

Ask whether you need a fit note today or email team@thewellnesslondon.com or call 020 3951 3429.

When you do not need a fit note

For the first 7 calendar days of sickness, including weekends and days you would not have worked, you self-certify. Your employer can ask you to complete their own form or the SC2 form, and that is all the law allows them to ask. Statutory Sick Pay starts from the fourth qualifying day and does not depend on a note in that first week. An employer who insists on a fit note for a 3-day absence is asking for something no doctor should issue and no policy can require.

You also do not need a fit note to return to work. The rule that a doctor had to sign you back in ended in 2010 when the fit note replaced the sick note, and an employer who asks for a return-to-work certificate is asking for a document that no longer exists. Where you are well enough to return with changes, the fit note itself carries a may be fit for work box with adjustments the doctor recommends, and that is the document to use.

What makes a fit note valid

A fit note is the Statement of Fitness for Work, form Med 3, and since 2022 it can be issued digitally and does not need a wet signature. It is valid when it is issued by a registered doctor, nurse, pharmacist, physiotherapist or occupational therapist after an assessment, states whether you are not fit for work or may be fit with adjustments, gives the condition or a description of it, covers a stated period, and carries the professional's name and registration. Nothing in the law requires it to come from your NHS GP.

The assessment can be by video or telephone as well as in person, and the Department for Work and Pensions guidance says so explicitly, which is why a same-day video consultation is the right route for most people. What the assessment cannot be is absent. A fit note from a form filled in at midnight with no professional having spoken to you is not a fit note, and the General Medical Council's guidance on certificates says a doctor must only sign what they have taken reasonable steps to verify.

Send us your dates and a doctor will see you today or email team@thewellnesslondon.com.

Can a fit note be backdated

Partly, and honestly. A doctor can issue a fit note covering a period before the consultation where the clinical picture supports it, and the DWP guidance allows this, because people are often too unwell to be seen on day 8. What the doctor records is what you reported for that period and their opinion on whether it is consistent with what they find, and the note states the date of the assessment. What a doctor cannot do is write that they observed you on a day they did not see you, and a clinic that offers to do so is offering something a tribunal will take apart.

The same applies to duration. A first fit note in the first 6 months of a condition can cover up to 3 months, and after 6 months it can be open-ended, but a doctor issues the period the assessment supports and reviews it, rather than the period requested. A 4-week note for a 2-week condition helps nobody, and an employer reading it knows that.

What the fit note should say for mental health

Mental health is the commonest reason for a fit note in England, and it is also where the wording matters most. The condition can be described as stress at work, low mood or anxiety without a formal diagnosis where none has been made, and the may be fit for work section can recommend a phased return, altered hours, amended duties or workplace adaptations, which is often more useful to you than a longer absence. A doctor who takes 30 minutes over that section is writing a document that changes your return, not only your absence.

The consultation is also a consultation. A fit note for anxiety or low mood is issued after a PHQ-9 and GAD-7 have been scored, the risk questions have been asked, and the options have been discussed, including free self-referral to NHS Talking Therapies and where it applies a psychiatrist. If the same-day appointment finds something that needs more than a note, that is said, and the plan follows. A page about fit notes that does not say this is selling paper.

What does a private fit note cost in London

At the top of the market, 12-month programmes with a retained doctor run to £49,995 and comprehensive health programmes exceed £32,000, where a fit note is written by the doctor who already holds your record. Harley Street GP consultations run £250 to £350 before any certificate, and an occupational health assessment arranged by an employer costs £300 to £600 per report.

Beneath that sits a tier defined by its conditions rather than its price, online form services with no consultation, no assessment and no professional who will answer when your employer or a tribunal asks who signed it. At The Wellness the price includes the assessment, the note issued the same day and, where the consultation finds something that needs it, the plan. All figures are from prices.

Principal Programme, 12 months, one individual, the fullest level of care, from £31,995
Continuous Care Programme, 12 months of oversight for one person, from £24,995
Executive Health Programme, the most comprehensive single assessment, from £11,995
Psychiatrist consultation, separate from the GP, from £950
Home, hotel or office visit, daytime, from £495
Extended 45-minute consultation, from £395
In-person consultation, 30 minutes, from £220
Same-day video consultation, 30 minutes, from £150
Fit note or medical certificate, following assessment, from £150

Why The Wellness is the best private fit note service in London

Every note follows a consultation with a doctor, and that is countable. You are seen by video or in person the same day, the assessment is recorded, the note states the date you were seen and the period it covers, and it carries a GMC number that an employer can check. That is why our notes are accepted by HR departments and have held up when questioned, and why nobody here is asked to fill in a form and wait for a PDF.

The consultation is used. A person off work with a chest infection is examined and treated, a person with a back injury is given the may be fit for work adjustments that get them back to a desk in a week, and a person with anxiety is scored, has the risk questions asked, and leaves with a plan and the NHS Talking Therapies route as well as a note. A note for the first 7 days is refused, because the law does not require it and we do not charge for paper you do not need.

We also say what a note cannot do. It cannot state something the doctor did not find, it cannot cover a period the assessment does not support, and it cannot certify a person the doctor has not assessed. Places on the 12-month programmes are limited by the number of people one doctor can hold properly, so they begin with an allocation call.

Book a same-day consultation and the note follows or call 020 3951 3429.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a fit note for the first week off sick

No. For the first 7 calendar days you self-certify, your employer can ask only for their own form or the SC2, and Statutory Sick Pay does not depend on a note in that week. A fit note is needed from day 8. At The Wellness a same-day video consultation from £150 is booked for day 8 onwards, and a note for the first week is refused because the law does not require it.

Is a private fit note valid

Yes. Validity comes from the registered professional who assessed you, not from the NHS, and the Department for Work and Pensions confirms fit notes can follow a video or telephone assessment. A note from an online form with no consultation is the one an employer can question. At The Wellness every note follows a consultation from £150 and carries the doctor's GMC number.

How much does a private fit note cost in London

A Harley Street GP consultation costs £250 to £350 before any certificate, and an occupational health report arranged by an employer £300 to £600. At The Wellness the same-day video consultation is from £150, the in-person consultation from £220, and the fit note issued after assessment is from £150, with the note usually sent within the hour.

Can a fit note be backdated

A doctor can issue a note covering a period before the consultation where the clinical picture supports it, recording what you reported and their opinion on consistency, with the assessment date stated. A doctor cannot state they observed you on a day they did not see you. At The Wellness that is explained before the consultation from £150 is booked.

Can I get a fit note for stress or anxiety

Yes. Mental health is the commonest reason for a fit note in England, and the note can describe stress at work, low mood or anxiety and recommend a phased return or adjustments. The consultation includes PHQ-9 and GAD-7 scoring, risk questions and the NHS Talking Therapies route. At The Wellness it is from £150 by video, with a psychiatrist from £950 where needed.

Do I need a doctor's note to return to work

No. The requirement ended in 2010 when the fit note replaced the sick note, and no return-to-work certificate exists. Where you can return with changes, the may be fit for work section of the fit note recommends adjustments. At The Wellness that section is completed in the consultation from £150 when it helps you.

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 arranged at specialist centres and reported by consultant radiologists, and blood analysis is performed by accredited laboratories. If you are having thoughts of ending your life, call 999, go to an emergency department, or call Samaritans on 116 123 at any hour. This article is general information and not a substitute for medical advice about your own health.

Send us your question about fit notes or email team@thewellnesslondon.com or call 020 3951 3429.

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