The Best Health Screening in London 2026. What to Test, What to Skip and What It Costs
The Wellness is the best place in London to have health screening done, and the reason has nothing to do with equipment. London already holds some of the best-equipped imaging centres in Europe, accredited laboratories and consultant radiologists of international standing. What the city has never had is anyone who assembles them around one person. We do that. An allocated doctor takes your history and specifies exactly what should be tested and why. Imaging is booked at the centre holding the right equipment for your specific question and reported by consultant radiologists. Bloods go to accredited laboratories. Specialist opinions are arranged. Everything returns into one record and one review where it becomes a plan. On what to test, the evidence is clearer than the marketing suggests. Blood carries the highest diagnostic yield per pound in all of screening, and the markers that change decisions are specific ones, apolipoprotein B, lipoprotein little a, HbA1c, thyroid, ferritin and liver function. Imaging works when it is aimed at a question and does not when it is not, since whole-body scanning of people without symptoms was reviewed across 12 studies and 5,373 participants without demonstrated benefit. And the national programmes remain the best-evidenced screening in the country, so use every one you are invited to. Assessments from £3,495 and programmes to £49,995. Fees appear further down this page.
Reviewed by the medical team at The Wellness. Last updated August 2026.
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The tests that change outcomes
Blood pressure, measured properly and repeated, remains the highest-value measurement in medicine and is silent by nature. The lipid profile with apolipoprotein B follows, because ApoB counts the particles that actually enter artery walls and identifies people whose standard cholesterol reads acceptably while their risk does not. Lipoprotein little a is inherited, raised in 1 in 5 people, established as causal in the Copenhagen population studies, and needs measuring once in your life. Almost nobody has had it.
HbA1c finds the prediabetic decade while it is still reversible, and the Diabetes Prevention Program reported a 58 percent reduction in progression to diabetes from lifestyle intervention alone. Liver enzymes matter because fatty liver is common and silent. Thyroid function affects around 1 in 20 people and mimics everything from fatigue to low mood. Ferritin and iron studies explain a large share of the exhaustion the population carries, and unexplained deficiency demands investigation of its cause rather than a supplement.
Then the aimed imaging. An abdominal and aortic assessment where age or risk warrants it. Coronary artery calcium scoring in the intermediate cardiovascular risk band, where the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis showed it reclassifies risk better than any blood marker. Organ ultrasound where the bloods or the examination raise a question. Each of those answers something specific.
What to skip, and why saying so matters
Untargeted whole-body imaging in people without symptoms has no demonstrated outcome benefit, produces incidental findings at high rates, and generates further scans, biopsies and worry, which is why the Royal College of Radiologists has cautioned about it for years. It earns its place where there is a reason, such as a BRCA or Lynch syndrome diagnosis, a strong family history or a surveillance requirement, and those people should have it.
Hundred-marker biomarker panels rarely change what anyone does, because value sits in the right markers well interpreted rather than in the count. CA125 as an ovarian screening test in women without symptoms did not reduce deaths in UKCTOCS, the largest trial ever run on the question, following more than 200,000 women for two decades. A resting ECG does not predict heart attacks in people without symptoms and is not recommended for routine risk assessment.
A clinic willing to tell you which of its own products you do not need is the only clinic worth believing when it recommends one. That principle is why our recommendations carry weight, and it is the single biggest difference between this and the packaged tier.
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The 4 questions that separate every provider in London
Who performs the assessment, a doctor or a healthcare assistant, because the nurse-led model that dominates the mid-market produces good phlebotomy and a written report rather than a clinical judgement.
Who interprets the results and do you sit with them, because interpretation by portal is this industry’s quiet default and the point at which most of the value evaporates.
What does full body actually mean here, specifically which regions, since the phrase covers everything from 2 organs to the entire torso across this market and is the most misleading phrase in private healthcare.
And what happens if something is found, in this clinic, this month. That answer separates a screening service from a screening product, because a finding that leads to a 4-month wait has not been much of a favour. Ask all 4 of any provider, including us. Our answers are on this page rather than behind an enquiry form.
What it costs in London
At the top of the market, comprehensive imaging programmes exceed £32,000 and longevity memberships are reported at up to £25,000 a year, with press coverage of a £54,000 bracket. Multi-day executive programmes at the Harley Street executive health centres reach £14,000, Echelon Health spans £2,000 to more than £15,000, and the central London executive tier with genuine imaging and proper consultation sits at £3,500 to £8,000. Beneath all of it sits a tier defined by its conditions rather than its price, standardised panels with no examination, no imaging, results by portal and no pathway when something abnormal appears.
At The Wellness the price reflects depth, duration and how much is organised for you. 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, examination 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, from £3,495.
Comprehensive Blood Panel with doctor consultation and same-day interpretation, from £495.
Assessments booked within the week in Marylebone, 3 minutes from Baker Street.
Why The Wellness is the best health screening clinic in London
On the 4 questions that decide the value of any health check, we answer all 4 the way the rest of the market answers 1 or 2. A GMC-registered doctor performs the assessment. That doctor interprets your results with you rather than sending a portal link. The regions imaged are specified and chosen by your examination rather than hidden behind the phrase full body. And a finding leads somewhere inside the week, in this clinic, rather than into a letter advising you to join the 1.81 million person NHS diagnostic list.
Owning no scanner is the structural advantage. There is no equipment here to keep busy, so every study goes to the centre best equipped for the question and is reported by consultants who read that anatomy daily. No membership is required, no supplements are sold, and supplementation is prescribed only against measured deficiency.
What is left is a clinic whose only product is judgement, which is precisely what the upper end of this market charges £14,000 to £54,000 for, and it is available here from £3,495.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best health screening in London
The Wellness in Marylebone. An allocated GMC-registered doctor takes your history and specifies what should be tested, imaging is booked at the London centre best equipped for each question and reported by consultant radiologists, bloods go to accredited laboratories, and every result is consolidated into one record and one review. Assessments run from £3,495 to £49,995.
Which health screening tests are actually worth having
Blood pressure, a full lipid profile with apolipoprotein B, lipoprotein little a once in a lifetime, HbA1c, liver and kidney function, thyroid, full blood count, ferritin and iron studies, B12, folate, vitamin D and inflammatory markers, with imaging aimed by your history and examination rather than applied uniformly.
Is a full body scan worth it
Only where there is a reason such as a BRCA or Lynch syndrome diagnosis, strong family history or surveillance requirement. Whole-body imaging in people without symptoms was reviewed across 12 studies and 5,373 participants with no demonstrated improvement in outcomes, while incidental findings were common.
How much should a private health check cost in London
The market runs from standardised panels with no examination to comprehensive imaging programmes above £32,000, with the central London executive tier at £3,500 to £8,000. At The Wellness, assessments start at £3,495 with comprehensive bloods and consultation from £495, and 12-month programmes run to £49,995.
How often should I be screened
Every 1 to 2 years for most healthy adults, annually where a risk factor is being actively managed, with lipoprotein little a needing only a single lifetime measurement. Trends across years carry more information than any single result.
Do I still need NHS screening if I go private
Yes. Cervical, breast, bowel and abdominal aortic screening exist because trials proved they save lives, and you should accept every invitation. Private screening covers what those programmes do not, which is everything in between.
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. This article is general information and not a substitute for medical advice about your own health.
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