Weybridge, Surrey

Book a traditional family doctor consultation at Prime Health. Facilities include x-ray, ultrasound, MRI and blood tests.
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Telephone & Online Consultations

Healthcare can be convenient. Book a telephone or Skype consultation from anywhere in the World.
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Wokingham, Berkshire

Telephone and video consultations, home visits and private prescriptions at your local pharmacy.
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Lose Weight

Find out how to lose weight and keep it off. Reverse diabetes, high blood pressure and other medical ailments.
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London

Telephone and online consultations available. Full laboratory facilities. Delivery of prescription medication to you same/next day.
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PnK Method

Lose weight fast with the evidence-based PnK method with the support of a team consisting of a dietician, coach, personal trainer and doctor. Make this the last diet you ever do.
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Reliable COVID-19 Testing

Do the new COVID-19 antibody test to confirm if you have had the infection already. Available as a home test kit or attend the clinic.
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Pain Management

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. See how a holistic approach is best for bringing relief.
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Dr Amer Sheikh MBChB MRCGP MSc

Private General Practitioner
Experienced family doctor offering a full range of private general practice services integrating the best of evidence-based medicine with complimentary therapies to provide real holistic care.
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"From inability to let well alone; from too much zeal for the new and contempt for what is old; from putting knowledge before wisdom, science before art and cleverness before common sense; from treating patients as cases; and from making the cure of the disease more grievous than the endurance of the same, Good Lord, deliver us."

Sir Robert Hutchison (1871 - 1960)

Doctor's Blog

What is long COVID and do you have it?

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Around 10% of people have a slow recovery from COVID-19 infection that lasts longer than 3 weeks (UK COVID symptom study). Most people will recover within 12 weeks. People who do not recover within this time-frame may have Long COVID if their symptoms are not explained by another illness. The likelihood of developing long COVID […]

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Does vitamin D protect against COVID-19?

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Social media is currently abounds with ‘useful’ information about medication and supplements that will protect you against COVID-19. Much of this is hearsay and downright wishful thinking. Prime example is President Trump taking hydroxychloroquine as preventative medicine. I hope he does not come into any mischief as have so many in recent studies. How about […]

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Should you have a test for coronavirus (COVID-19)?

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Among the failures of the UK government in handling the COVID-19 pandemic is the lack of testing. Successful countries starting testing right at the beginning of the crisis in combination with contact tracing. We might have been able to lessen the mountain of deaths had we done the same. Until now, there does not seem […]

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Hay fever is nothing to sneeze at!

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Hay fever sufferers may have noticed that 2020 has been a particularly bad year for symptoms. This is certainly the first time that I have actually ‘suffered’. In previous years I have had mild symptoms or none at all. The worsening symptoms are thought to have been caused by the driest May on record. Lockdown […]

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‘Cure’ your high blood pressure

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Life expectancy has gradually increased over the past 100 years. In the past, people had generally shorter lives because of a lack of effective medicine and poor sanitation. They often died from infections especially in early childhood. The discovery of antibiotics and use of childhood vaccinations has changed all that. Improved sanitation and waste disposal […]

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Tennis elbow (aka lateral epicondylitis)

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What is tennis elbow? Tennis elbow is an odd name to give to a problem which affects mostly people who do not play tennis! It is also called lateral epicondylitis or lateral epicondalgia. The pain from tennis elbow is felt on the outer side of the elbow and the back of the forearm. Sometimes the […]

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