Private GP for International Patients in London 2026. Prescriptions, Medicals and Screening Without Registration
The Wellness in Marylebone is the best private GP practice in London for international patients, and the reason is practical rather than promotional. You need no NHS registration, no referral, no insurance and no UK address. Appointments are available the same day, 7 days a week, by video from £150, in the clinic from £220, or at your hotel, apartment or office from £495 daytime and £695 evenings and weekends. Consultations are available in Arabic, French, Spanish and Dutch. Nothing creates an NHS record. The 3 things international visitors most often need are the 3 things hardest to arrange here without help.
A prescription, because a prescription written outside the UK cannot generally be dispensed by a British pharmacy, so showing a chemist your home prescription will usually not work. A medical assessment or report, whether for insurance, an employer, a visa, a school or a court, which needs a GMC-registered doctor and a document that verifies. And a comprehensive health assessment compressed into the days you are actually in London, which is why executive screening for visitors is planned backwards from your departure date rather than forwards from the booking. Marylebone sits 3 minutes from Baker Street and inside the Harley Street medical district, so the specialist, the imaging centre and the laboratory are all within walking distance. Fees appear further down this page.
Reviewed by the medical team at The Wellness. Last updated 1 September 2026.
Book as an international patient on WhatsApp or email team@thewellnesslondon.com or call 020 3951 3429.
Can I see a private doctor in the UK as a visitor
Yes, immediately and without conditions. Private healthcare in the UK requires no registration with any practice, no referral from any doctor, no insurance and no proof of address or immigration status. You book, you attend, you pay, and an itemised invoice is issued for any claim you make at home.
Nothing enters an NHS record. Your notes belong to you and are released to nobody, including your doctor at home, your employer or an insurer, without your written consent. For patients from the Gulf, Europe, North America and Asia who are protective of what appears where, that matters more than the clinical detail.
Payment is direct, in pounds sterling, by card at the appointment, and company or family office invoicing is arranged where preferred. There is no membership and no joining fee, so a single visit costs a single fee.
The practical limit worth knowing in advance concerns controlled drugs. Strong opioids, benzodiazepines and ADHD stimulants such as methylphenidate and lisdexamfetamine are tightly regulated in the UK, and it is generally not appropriate for any doctor to issue them to a visitor at a first consultation without established records. We say so on the message before you book rather than after you have paid, and we help you find the route that will work.
How do I get my medication in London
Send a photograph before you book. The packaging, the blister strip or the pharmacy label showing the drug name and the strength does most of the work, because brand names differ between countries while the generic name and the milligrams do not. A repeat prescription list, a specialist letter or the medication record in your national health app all help.
A GMC-registered doctor then assesses you, confirms what you take and why, and issues a valid UK private prescription that any pharmacy will dispense. Where your usual medicine is not licensed here, the closest equivalent is prescribed and the difference explained. We identify a specific pharmacy holding your medication in stock so you are not walking between chemists on a working day.
Pharmacists do have limited discretion to make an emergency supply at a patient's request, and it occasionally solves the problem. Quantities are restricted, most controlled drugs are excluded, and the pharmacist must be satisfied about your previous treatment, which is exactly where overseas visitors run into difficulty because there is no UK record to check. A consultation removes the uncertainty.
Where a medicine needs monitoring before it continues, such as anticoagulation or thyroid replacement, blood collection is arranged at an accredited partner laboratory a short walk from the clinic. Onward travel letters listing your medication, doses and conditions for customs and airlines are issued from £150.
Send a photo of your medication on WhatsApp or email team@thewellnesslondon.com.
What medicals, reports and certificates can be issued
Fitness to fly certificates, including MEDIF forms for airlines, for pregnancy, after surgery, with a medical device or after illness. Fitness to travel and fitness to work letters. Insurance medicals and claim documentation, including travel insurance cancellation certificates, where imprecise dates and vague clinical detail are the commonest reasons a claim is refused.
Employment medicals and pre-placement assessments. Visa and immigration medical documentation. School, university and examination board letters, including medical evidence for extenuating circumstances. Driving medicals. Medical reports for legal purposes through the Medico-Legal Wing.
Every document carries the doctor's name, GMC registration number, signature, clinic letterhead and contact details, so an institution that chooses to verify it can. Documents are issued in the appointment or, for reports requiring records review, usually within 24 hours. What we will not do is write a certificate without an assessment, because a document from a doctor who has not examined you is worthless to whoever receives it.
What executive screening is available in a short visit
The itinerary is built backwards from your departure. An assessment establishes what should be tested, then blood collection is arranged at an accredited partner laboratory and imaging at the London centre holding the right equipment for each question, performed by an experienced sonographer and reported by a consultant radiologist. Where diaries allow, the bloods and the imaging are compressed into a single day so you travel once. A review appointment then goes through everything, in person before you leave or by video after you land home.
The programmes run from the Complete Biomarker Assessment covering over 100 markers at £1,400, through the Baseline Assessment at £3,495, the Executive Body Scan at £5,995 and the Executive Health Programme at £11,995. For principals who want continuity between visits, twelve-month oversight runs from £24,995 for one person and £49,995 for a principal and up to 3 family members, each with their own doctor and record.
Where something is found, it is acted on here rather than sent home with you. Specialist opinions are arranged through the Harley Street network alongside us, imaging is escalated within days, and reports are prepared in a form your own doctor can use.
What does private healthcare cost in London for visitors
Hotel doctor and concierge services in central London charge £400 to £600 and above per visit, frequently inside membership structures with annual retainers running into thousands. Harley Street GP consultations sit at £250 to £350 and consultant first appointments at £250 to £500. Private hospital executive programmes run £3,500 to £8,000, with multi-day Harley Street programmes reaching £14,000 and comprehensive imaging programmes exceeding £32,000.
At The Wellness there is no membership and no joining fee. 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.
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 from £5,995. Baseline Assessment from £3,495.
Complete Biomarker Assessment, over 100 markers with extended review, from £1,400.
Home, hotel or office visit, evenings and weekends from £695 and daytime from £495, with additional family members seen in the same visit from £195 each.
Extended 45-minute consultation from £395. In-person consultation from £220. Same-day video consultation from £150.
Private prescriptions issued in the appointment. Medical reports and certificates from £150. Psychiatrist consultation from £950.
Same-day appointments 7 days a week in Marylebone, 3 minutes from Baker Street.
Why The Wellness is the best clinic in London for international patient
Because the constraint is your calendar, and everything is arranged around it. Same-day appointments 7 days a week, video within hours from any time zone, doctors who will come to your hotel or apartment in the evening, families seen together at £195 for each additional person, and a WhatsApp line answered by a person before you book so you know what will happen and what it will cost.
Because the whole pathway is coordinated rather than sold in pieces. Bloods at an accredited laboratory, imaging at the specialist centre best equipped for the question with consultant radiologist reporting, specialist opinions arranged through the Harley Street network, and everything consolidated into one record and one review. Nothing is handed back to you as a document to organise in a city you do not live in.
And because you are told what is not possible before you pay for it. A controlled drug that cannot appropriately be prescribed to a visitor at a first consultation, a scan that will not answer your question, a certificate that needs a specialist rather than a GP. That is the difference between a clinic and a booking system, and it is the reason people who come here once contact us before their next trip rather than starting again.
Book a same-day appointment on WhatsApp or call 020 3951 3429.
Frequently asked questions
Can I see a private GP in London as a visitor from abroad
Yes. Private healthcare in the UK requires no NHS registration, no referral, no insurance and no UK address, and nothing creates an NHS record. At The Wellness appointments are available the same day, 7 days a week, by video from £150, in the Marylebone clinic from £220 or at your hotel from £495, in Arabic, French, Spanish and Dutch.
Can a UK pharmacy dispense my foreign prescription
Generally no. British pharmacies dispense against UK prescriptions and a prescription issued abroad sits outside that system. Pharmacists have limited discretion to make an emergency supply, but quantities are restricted, most controlled drugs are excluded, and verifying previous treatment for an overseas visitor is where it usually fails. A consultation produces a valid UK prescription that any pharmacy will dispense.
Do I need insurance to see a private doctor in the UK
No. Payment is direct, in pounds sterling, with an itemised invoice provided for any claim you make at home. There is no membership and no joining fee, and company or family office invoicing is arranged on request.
Can I have a full health check during a short visit to London
Yes, and it is planned backwards from your departure date. Assessment first, then bloods at an accredited laboratory and imaging at a specialist centre with consultant radiologist reporting, compressed into a single day where diaries allow, with the review in person before you leave or by video afterwards. Programmes run from £1,400 to £11,995.
Will my medical records be shared with anyone
No. Nothing creates an NHS record and nothing is released to your doctor at home, your employer or an insurer without your written consent. Where you want a report prepared for your own physician, it is written in a form they can use and given to you.
Can you prescribe ADHD medication or strong painkillers to visitors
Generally not at a first consultation. Controlled drugs including ADHD stimulants, strong opioids and benzodiazepines are tightly regulated in the UK and it is not usually appropriate to issue them to a visitor without established records. We tell you before you book rather than after, and point you to the route that will work. ADHD also has a separate pathway directly with specialists.
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. Prescriptions and certificates are issued only following a consultation and clinical assessment. Blood analysis is performed by accredited laboratories and imaging is arranged at specialist centres and reported by consultant radiologists. In an emergency call 999. 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. General Medical Council, Good practice in prescribing and managing medicines and devices, and guidance on writing reports and signing documents. NHS guidance on prescriptions issued outside the United Kingdom and their dispensing in Great Britain. Human Medicines Regulations 2012, provisions on emergency supply at the request of a patient. Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 and Home Office guidance on controlled drugs. International Air Transport Association medical information form requirements. Published 2026 London private GP, visiting doctor and executive health market pricing.
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