Private Health Checks
A health review can help you to take control of your own health. We will talk through your current situation and look at how your personal and family background as well as lifestyle choices affect you. We aim to assist you to identify issues that increase risks for the future. We will discuss options that can reduce those risks and enable you to stay well.
What Makes Us Different?
We provide a traditional, experienced and evidence-based approach.
Care that is Individualised
We try to understand you as a person along with your medical and other background issues and help you to find a solution that works for you.
Evidence Based Medicine
We are up to date and understand what the research and guidelines say. We use these as a basis for our suggestions for management but are careful to consider how they apply to you.
Expert Medical Team
Every member of the clinical team has many years of experience and can bring this to your consultation.
Continuity of Care
We try as far as is possible to ensure that you see or are replied to by the same clinician every time.
How does a health check work?
We will ask you to provide us with background information via a questionnaire and then make two appointments, in the first, you will be assessed by the doctor who will take blood and urine tests as appropriate and an ECG if desired. In the second appointment, the results will be explained and you can develop a plan for the future.
How Do I Know What Is Right For Me?
Your age will largely determine the priorities for a health review, but this will be fine-tuned with the information from the questionnaire.
Between 40 and 60, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and other metabolic diseases are the main health challenges. Over 60 cancer risks are building and we can discuss the screening that is available as well as the options for mitigation.
What about my NHS GP?
You will be sent a report with results and recommendations, which you may choose to share with your GP. In rare instances, if something serious is uncovered, with your permission, we can talk to your GP directly.
How Often Should I Do This?
That is your choice though do ask the doctor you see for their recommendation for you. You may want to do an annual review but at the outside we would suggest every 5 years.
Who might choose to do this?
Anyone, particularly over the age of 40. We would encourage everyone at midlife to take stock and look at what they can do to improve their health and future prospects.
What to Expect
St Erme Medical supplements the services provided by the NHS providing time with experienced doctors, continuity of care and management options that are evidence based and supported by guidance.
Those patients who see us in person will be able to park and consult in an environment that is relaxed and welcoming.
1. Contact Us
Whether you contact us by telephone, email or via the website you will be asked to provide an outline of the service you are looking for so that we understand where, how and who we can offer you.
2. Questionnaire
You will be asked to fill in a medical information questionnaire to brief the doctor and allow you to focus on assessing your current situation during the consultation.
3. Confirmation
You will be sent confirmation of your appointment and a reminder the day before. We will invoice and expect payment in advance of the consultation.
Enquire Now
Take stock of your health and look at what you can do to improve things now and reduce risks for the future.
Experienced GP's
Our GPs are fully qualified and all have years of experience. Medicine covers many areas, and no one can know everything. There are unknowns and gaps in the data. We will tell you when we cannot answer a question.
We then talk together as expertise is shared within the team and will research issues that we are less sure of.
Meet our Doctors
MBBCh MFOM MRCGP DFSRH DRCOG
Consultant Occupational Health Physician & GP
GMC 6115160
BA MBBS MRCGP DFSRH DRCOG
GP with an Extended Role in Women’s Health
GMC 6055908
BSc, MBBS, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFSRH, FHEA
GP Specialist in Women’s Health
GMC 3135143
MBBCh MRCGP DRCOG DFSRH
GP with an extended role in Women’s Health
GMC 4538819
MbChB, MRCGP, MRCP, DFSRH, DRCOG
GP with an Extended Role in Women’s Health
GMC 6134672
MBBS MRCGP DRCOG DCH
GP with an Extended Role in Women’s Health
GMC 3557426
BSc MSc MBChB MRCGP DRCOG FSRH
GP
GMC 7074922
Truro
St Erme Medical is based in its own premises in the centre of Cornwall. All services offered can be provided here. The administration team is based in St Erme. Consultations with a doctor can also be offered in the Nuffield Health hospitals in Plymouth and Exeter.
All services are available face-to-face in St Erme. Drs Gray and Patton offer women’s health at the Nuffield Hospital in Plymouth, and Dr Gillies offers women’s health and general practice for adults at the Nuffield Hospital in Exeter.
Any Questions?
Everyone is different. We will listen to you. We will treat you as an individual and personalise our advice to you. We treat everyone equally but may need to know about characteristics such as disability, gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation in order to tailor our assessment and advice.
My husband will be 50 soon and I would like him to have a health check. Can you help?
Yes we can. Please fill in our questionnaire and we can tailor the review as best as we can.
My dad died suddenly when he was 54 . Can I have some checks to make sure that it does not happen to me?
If you can tell us what your father died from and the circumstances we can help you to understand what your risks are. We can then talk you through your options for doing something about them. We can refer for specialist help where appropriate.
I am worried about my heart. Can I have an ECG?
Yes but we would also look at a variety of other factors such as your height and weight, blood pressure, kidney function and cholesterol levels. Taken together these give a better overall indication of your risk for the future.
I am worried about bowel cancer. Can you do any tests to check?
There are various tests that can be done. none give very clear answers. They work in different ways to indicate levels of concern and we can talk you the options.
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Everyone is different. We will listen to you. We will treat you as an individual and personalise our advice to you. We treat everyone equally but may need to know about characteristics such as disability, gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation in order to tailor our assessment and advice.
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Our nurses have many years of experience and provide additional support and care.
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