GASGastroenterology & endoscopy · consultation
Gastroenterology consultation
A consultant gastroenterologist within five working days, with bloods and ultrasound on the day and endoscopy the same week if needed.
- Next slot
- Tue 08:20Dr Simon Alderton · demo
- Promise
- Endoscopy within 7 days
- Self-pay
- £250
- Consultants
- 2 in GAS
Endoscopy unit, first floor 
Recovery bays, second floor 
Dr Simon Alderton 
Dr Leila Farahani
GAS[01] About
What the appointment is.
Reflux, bloating, pain, altered bowel habit, bleeding, weight loss you cannot explain. The consultant works out what needs looking at and books it while you are in the room.
What happens
- 30 minutes with a consultant gastroenterologist
- Blood tests, stool tests and ultrasound on site
- Gastroscopy or colonoscopy within seven days where indicated
- Written plan and GP letter within two working days
Every self-pay price is fixed in writing before you attend. Insured patients need an authorisation number from their insurer; we bill the insurer directly.
Included in £2504 lines
- 30-minute consultation
- Written plan and GP letter
- Prescriptions where appropriate
- Priority booking into the endoscopy list
Self-pay, fixedGAS
£250from
- Wait
- 5 working days
- Results
- Plan on the day
- Referral
- Insured: yes. Self-pay: no
- Takes
- 30 minutes
- Next · demo
- Tue 08:20
Insured: your insurer will usually ask for a GP referral; we obtain the authorisation and bill directly.
Suitable for
- Reflux and heartburn not settling
- Change in bowel habit
- Abdominal pain and bloating
- Anaemia or bleeding
- Family history of bowel cancer
[02]GAS · the numbers
The numbers on this one.
Wait, results turnaround, the referral rule and what happens when, with the audited figure under them.
Numbers and risks
Wait
5 working days
Results
Plan on the day
Referral
Insured: yes. Self-pay: no
Takes
30 minutes
Audited
Every scan, consultation and operation at Northgate is logged. The figures below are ours alone, for the 2025 audit year, checked by an independent auditor. Demonstration data for this template.
- median, first call to consultant plan
- 4 days
- median, call to MRI
- 38 hours
- day-case complication rate
- 0.6%
- unplanned overnight stays
- 0.9%
- median insurer claim settled
- 11 days
Northgate Results
How you get your results
- On the day
- Ultrasound, X-ray, ECG and endoscopy: the clinician tells you what they saw before you leave.
- Within 2 working days
- MRI and CT reports are signed by a consultant radiologist and appear in your account. You get a text and an email.
- The same working day, if it matters
- Anything that needs urgent action is phoned through to you and your referrer by the reporting consultant, before the report is even typed up.
- Within 7 working days
- Biopsies and histology. The consultant who took them calls you with the result and the plan.
If a scan or test shows something that needs action, the reporting consultant phones you the same working day and tells your referrer. You are never left to find bad news in an online account.
[03]Consultant gastroenterologist, endoscopy lead
Reported by Simon Alderton.
Consultant and questions
- Next · demo
- Tue 08:20
- GMC
- DEMO-7200008
- Languages
- English
16,000+ endoscopies98% caecal intubation rate
Also in GAS
- Dr Leila FarahaniWed 08:40 · demo
Do I need a GP referral?
Not for a self-pay scan or consultation: our clinical team does a short phone assessment and writes the request. Insurers usually need a GP referral before they will authorise a consultant, though most will cover a scan we request. Rachel's team checks your policy before you attend.
How fast, really?
Audited for 2025: median 38 hours from first call to MRI, median 4 working days from first call to a consultant's written plan, endoscopy within 7 days, day surgery within 3 weeks. The estimator shows the next available date for each department.
Is the price fixed?
Yes. Scan and consultation prices are published. Day-surgery packages are quoted in writing after your consultation and include the surgeon, anaesthetist, theatre, stay, medicines, two follow-ups and any return to theatre within 30 days. The quote is the invoice.
What is not included in a package?
The initial consultation, any scan before it, and anything unrelated to the operation. If a keyhole gallbladder has to become an open operation, or you need to stay overnight, that is covered. We say so on the quote.
Which insurers do you bill directly?
Bupa, AXA Health, Aviva, Vitality, WPA, Cigna, Healix, Allianz, Freedom Health and The Exeter. Give us your policy number and authorisation code; you pay only your excess on the day. Other insurers: pay the fixed price and claim it back with our itemised invoice.
How do I get my results?
Everything goes into your Northgate Results account when it is signed: MRI and CT within two working days, ultrasound and X-ray the same day, biopsies within seven working days. Anything urgent is phoned through the same day by the reporting consultant.
- Open
- Mon–Fri 07:30–20:00 · Sat 08:00–14:00
- Next slot
- Tue 08:40 · Dr Naomi Sterling (demo)
- Waiting
- Scans within 48 hours, consultants within 5 working days
- Where
- Northgate House, Wexbury WX1 4NQ
- Phone
- 01632 960700