GASGastroenterology & endoscopy · fixed-price package
Gastroscopy
Camera examination of the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum, within seven days, with sedation if you want it.
- Next slot
- Tue 08:20Dr Simon Alderton · demo
- Promise
- Endoscopy within 7 days
- Self-pay
- £1,450
- Consultants
- 2 in GAS
Endoscopy unit, first floor 
Recovery bays, second floor 
Dr Simon Alderton 
Dr Leila Farahani
GAS[01] About
What the package is.
Fifteen minutes with throat spray or light sedation in a JAG-accredited unit. The consultant tells you what they saw before you leave; biopsies take a week.
What happens
- Nothing to eat for six hours
- Throat spray, or sedation with a companion to take you home
- 10 to 15 minutes
- Verbal result on the day, written report and biopsies within seven 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 £1,4505 lines
- Consultant gastroenterologist
- Sedation or throat spray
- Biopsies and histology
- Recovery bay and nursing
- Written report to you and your GP
Fixed priceGAS
£1,450from
Fixed price, biopsies included
or £121/mo · representative, see finance
- Included
- Consultant, sedation, biopsies, report
- Not included
- Initial consultation
- Stay
- 2 hours
- Back to
- Work next day
- Next · demo
- Tue 08:20
Insured: authorisation from your insurer, which we obtain; you pay only your excess.
Suitable for
- Reflux, heartburn and difficulty swallowing
- Upper abdominal pain
- Anaemia
- Barrett's surveillance
Not for
- Anyone who cannot stop blood thinners without advice (we arrange it)
[02]The 30-day promise · quoted in writing
What is in, what is out, what it costs a month.
Every day-surgery package includes any return to theatre, any unplanned overnight stay and any wound review within 30 days of your operation, at no further charge.
Numbers and risks
Included
Consultant, sedation, biopsies, report
Not included
Initial consultation
Stay
2 hours
Back to
Work next day
What happens when
- Same day
- Home after an hour. No driving for 24 hours if sedated.
- 7 working days
- Biopsy results in your account, and a call if anything needs treatment.
Risks, stated
- Sore throat for a day
- Bleeding from a biopsy: rare and usually stops itself
- Perforation: fewer than 1 in 3,000
Finance · £1,450
Spread the cost of a package
12 months · 0%
£121/mo
Total £1,450
24 months · 9.9% APR
£67/mo
Total £1,604
36 months · 9.9% APR
£47/mo
Total £1,682
48 months · 9.9% APR
£37/mo
Total £1,762
Finance is provided by a third-party lender, subject to status. Representative examples; your written quote carries the exact figures.
Finance calculator →[03]Consultant gastroenterologist, endoscopy lead
Operated 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