What a private GP can and cannot do for you in Scotland
The honest version, including the things we will send you back to the NHS for and the things we simply cannot offer.
Private GP · Diagnostics · Physiotherapy
Private GP appointments in Edinburgh, usually within five days
See a doctor who has time. Thirty-minute appointments, blood tests taken in the same visit, and physiotherapy in the same building.
- 30-minute appointments, 45 minutes for your first visit
- Blood tests on site, results in about 48 hours
- No registration, no joining fee, keep your NHS GP
- Every price published — a GP appointment is £145
Book an appointment See our fees
Or call 0131 526 4180. Reception answers from 07:30 on weekdays.
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Registered and inspected:
Healthcare Improvement Scotland GMC NMC HCPCWe invoice:
BupaAXA HealthAvivaVitalityWPAWhat we do
Services we offer
Fourteen clinics in one building on Ravelston Terrace. Every price is published, and you do not need to be registered with us to book.
Private GP
From £145 · 30 minutes
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Same-day appointments
From £145 · 30 minutes
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Blood tests
From £45 · 20 minutes
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Physiotherapy
From £95 · 45 minutes
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Women's health
From £145 · 30 minutes
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Menopause clinic
From £190 · 45 minutes
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Children's health
From £145 · 30 minutes
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Travel health
From £55 · 30 minutes
BookWhy patients choose us
An independent clinic, not a chain
Ravelston Health has been owned by the doctors who work here since 2013. Our clinicians are salaried, so nobody is paid more for ordering you a test.
- 14,200appointments a year
- 96%routine requests seen within 5 working days
- 30 minstandard GP appointment
- 4.9from 412 Google reviews
Conditions
What we treat
A few of the reasons people book. If yours is not here, phone reception and they will tell you honestly whether we are the right place.
Health checks
Health checks
Three health checks with every test listed and priced. A doctor reads your results and phones you to explain them.
Foundation
£395
10 tests · 60 minutes in the building
- Full blood count
- Kidney function (U&E)
- Liver function
- Cholesterol and lipid profile
- HbA1c (average blood glucose)
- and 5 more, all listed on the page
Most popular
Comprehensive
£695
17 tests · 80 minutes in the building
- Full blood count
- Kidney function (U&E)
- Liver function
- Bone profile and calcium
- Cholesterol and lipid profile
- and 12 more, all listed on the page
Advanced
£1,145
22 tests · 105 minutes in the building
- Full blood count
- Kidney function (U&E)
- Liver function
- Bone profile and calcium
- Cholesterol and lipid profile
- and 17 more, all listed on the page
How it works
Booking an appointment
There is no registration and no joining fee. You do not have to leave your NHS practice.
Book online or call
Choose a time on our booking page, or phone reception from 07:30 on weekdays.
Fill in a short form
We email a four-minute history form. It is optional, and it gives you back ten minutes of your appointment.
Come in
Thirty minutes with a GP, or forty-five for your first visit. Blood tests are taken upstairs the same day.
Get your results
A written summary the same day. Test results in about 48 hours, with a phone call if anything is abnormal.
Our team
Meet the doctors
Eight clinicians hold published clinics here. Every registration number below can be checked on a public register.
Dr Elspeth Rankin
Founder & Clinical Director, GP
GMC 4718203
Dr Callum Braid
GP, urgent and same-day care
GMC 6132980
Dr Priya Anand
GP, women's health and menopause lead
GMC 6021447
Dr Tomasz Wysocki
GP, metabolic and men's health
GMC 7104558
Dr Hannah Reid
GP, children and families
GMC 7318604
Fiona McAllister
Advanced Nurse Practitioner, nurse clinic lead
NMC 09H2287K
Ewan Shaw
Consultant Physiotherapist, MSK lead
HCPC PH094412
Marta Lindqvist
Physiotherapist, rehabilitation and pelvic health
HCPC PH108733
Fees
Every price is on the website
You pay at the end of the appointment. Nothing is quoted “on enquiry”, and we tell you the total before anything is done.
| GP appointment, 30 minutes | £145 |
|---|---|
| First appointment, 45 minutes | £190 |
| Nurse appointment, 20 minutes | £65 |
| Physiotherapy, first assessment | £95 |
| Foundation health check | £395 |
Reviews
4.9 out of 5 from 412 Google reviews
Collected by Google, not by us. We do not filter them.
★★★★★
“Phoned at eight on a Tuesday about my son's ear and we were seen at half nine. Dr Reid took her time, explained why she was not giving antibiotics, and wrote down exactly what to watch for. He was fine by Thursday.”
★★★★★
“I had been told for two years that my bloods were normal. Dr Wysocki went back through them, spotted the trend rather than the single number, and started me on a proper plan. My HbA1c is back in the normal range.”
★★★★★
“The physio gym downstairs is the real thing, not a couch in a cupboard. Ewan watched me run on the treadmill for ten minutes before he touched me. Four sessions and I was back on the Pentlands.”
For employers
Occupational health for Edinburgh businesses
We look after around forty local employers, most of them between fifteen and three hundred people. Management referrals, pre-placement assessments, workplace flu clinics and team health checks.
You get one named clinician and one named administrator. Referral reports come back within five working days.
Advice
Written by our clinicians
Plain answers to the questions we are asked most often in appointments.
Tired all the time: the tests worth doing, and the ones that are not
A first-pass panel finds most of the treatable causes. Everything beyond it mostly generates false alarms.
Perimenopause: why your blood test was normal and you still feel awful
Over 45, hormone levels are usually the wrong test. The diagnosis is a pattern, and the pattern is recognisable.
FAQs
Questions people ask before booking
Do I have to leave my NHS GP to be seen here?
No, and almost nobody does. Most of our patients keep their NHS practice and use us when they need to be seen quickly, need longer than ten minutes, or want a test arranged this month rather than next season. With your consent we write to your NHS GP after appointments so your NHS record stays complete.
How quickly can I actually be seen?
Ninety-six per cent of routine requests are seen within five working days, and we hold appointments back every weekday for same-day problems. Rather than ask you to take that on trust, the Same-Week Board on this page shows what is genuinely free for the next fortnight.
Is there a registration fee or a membership requirement?
No. There is no joining fee, no annual charge, and no need to be a member to book anything. Ravelston Care membership exists and suits people who use us regularly, but it is entirely optional and the price list applies either way.
Can you use my private health insurance?
We can invoice Bupa, AXA Health, Aviva, Vitality and WPA among others. You need to contact your insurer first, confirm what your policy covers, and get a pre-authorisation code. Some policies do not cover GP appointments at all but do cover the physiotherapy and diagnostics that follow.
Are you a replacement for A&E or NHS 24?
No. We are not an emergency service and we do not have emergency facilities. Chest pain, breathlessness at rest, stroke symptoms, severe bleeding or a very unwell child means 999, or NHS 24 on 111 when your practice is closed. We will tell you plainly if you have come to the wrong place.
Who regulates you?
Healthcare Improvement Scotland regulates independent clinics in Scotland — the Care Quality Commission you may have read about covers England only. We are registered as service IS-3184 and were last inspected in March 2026. Our doctors are on the GMC register, nurses on the NMC register and physiotherapists on the HCPC register, and every registration number is published on their profile.
Do you see children?
Yes. Dr Hannah Reid holds the Diploma in Child Health and sees most of our under-16s, and we book under-2s a longer appointment at the standard price. Every member of staff here who works with children is a member of the PVG scheme.
Where do I park?
There is metered on-street parking on Ravelston Terrace and the surrounding streets, and it is usually findable outside peak hours. We are a ten-minute walk from Haymarket and several bus routes stop on Queensferry Road. Full directions are on the contact page.
Book an appointment
Most appointments are available within five working days. Book online or call us.