Private GP Extra

05/01/2026

🩺 Prioritise Your Health in 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ 🩺

Healthy You = Happy You! 😀🤸🏻‍♂️

👩🏻‍⚕️👨‍⚕️Our experienced doctors provide trusted family healthcare: personalised, reliable, and here when you need us.

What we offer:

✅ Flexible and fast-access appointments – see a doctor at a time that works for you.
✅ Longer consultations – minimum 30 minutes per appointment.
✅ Bespoke care – continuity with the same GP every visit.
✅ Speedy referrals – quick access to consultants and scans when needed.

At Private GP Extra, we believe in giving you the time you deserve. Our in-depth, face-to-face 30-minute consultations allow for a thorough discussion of your concerns, a full examination, and a detailed explanation of your treatment options.

Got multiple or complex issues? We offer extended consultations to ensure nothing is rushed.

Our clinics across the region include:

📍 Hearing + Wellness Hale Ltd
📍 VB Health
📍 The Highfield Hospital
📍 The Alexandra Hospital
📍 Neurological Physiotherapy
📍 Medical Imaging Partnership Manchester

Find out more ➡️ privategpextra.com

Book your appointment
📞 0161 428 4464
📧 info@privategpextra.com

01/01/2026

🎉 Happy New Year from all of us at Private GP Extra! 🎉

Thank you for trusting us with your health. We look forward to supporting your wellbeing in the year ahead with expert, personalised care. Wishing you a healthy and happy 2026!✨

30/12/2025

💬 Final Patient Review of 2025 💬

As this year nears to an end, we’re proud to share our final patient review of 2025, following a consultation with one of our GPs for pelvic pain. 💙

Our patient highlighted the ease of booking and convenient appointment times. They appreciated the thorough consultation and excellent value for money, noting that they would choose Private GP Extra again. 😀

🩺 Our services include:

🔹 General health concerns
🔹 Women’s and Men’s health
🔹 Pelvic pain assessment and care
🔹 Menopause and Lifestyle Medicine
🔹 Lipid management
🔹 Complex medical conditions
🔹 Nutrition advice
🔹 Weight loss support
🔹 Medical reports and full health screenings
🔹 Fast referrals for scans and specialists

Find out more ➡️ privategpextra.com

🏥 Appointments available at locations across the region:

📍 Hearing + Wellness Hale Ltd
📍 VB Health
📍 The Highfield Hospital
📍 The Alexandra Hospital
📍 Medical Imaging Partnership Manchester
📍 Neurological Physiotherapy

🩺 Your health is our priority — in 2025 and beyond. 💫

📞 0161 428 4464
📧 info@privategpextra.com

25/12/2025

🎅🏽Merry Christmas from Private GP Extra!🎅🏽

Wishing everyone a relaxing, happy and healthy festive season from all of the team!💫

19/12/2025

✨ We’re in Glossy Magazine! ✨

Private GP Extra is proud to be featured in the Christmas edition of Glossy Magazine.🎄🎅🏽

👨🏼‍⚕️Our Founder and Lead GP, Dr Adam Simon, shares expert insight by answering the most common questions about weight loss injections in the “Ask The Expert” feature.

🩺 If you’re considering weight loss injections and would like personalised, medical guidance, book a consultation with Dr Adam Simon or one of our experienced GPs to find out whether this treatment is right for you.

Find out more ➡️ https://privategpextra.com/weight-loss-injections-everything-you-need-to-know/

👩🏻‍⚕️ We also offer a dedicated nutrition service, providing bespoke advice to support your health and weight goals.

We offer appointments at locations across the region, including:

📍 Hearing + Wellness Hale Ltd
📍 VB Health
📍 The Highfield Hospital
📍 The Alexandra Hospital
📍 Neurological Physiotherapy
📍 Medical Imaging Partnership Manchester

Book a consultation today
⬇️
📞 0161 428 4464
📧 info@privategpextra.com

16/12/2025

🎅🏽 🎅🏽

Every year in the UK, there are 43,000 new cases of bowel cancer diagnosed.

Throughout December Bowel Cancer UK is urging men to ditch the razor and grow their beard in support of everyone impacted by the disease. 🧔🏽‍♂️👴🏼

As for all types of cancers, early and diagnosis are key, here are common signs of bowel cancer to 👀 out for:

🔹🩸from the back passage (re**um) or blood in your stools
🔹 A change in your normal bowel habit
🔹 A lump that your GP can feel in your back passage or stomach
🔹 Losing weight when you haven’t been trying to
🔹 Pain in your abdomen or back passage
🔹 Tiredness and breathlessness caused by a lower than normal level of red blood cells

Whatever your health concern, our experienced GPs can help
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📞 0161 428 4464
📧 info@privategpextra.com

09/12/2025

🔹Benefit from Comprehensive Lipid Care at Our Hale Clinic🔹

At Private GP Extra, we’re proud to offer a dedicated Lipid Clinic in Hale, providing expert support for the assessment and management of complex lipid disorders.

👨🏼‍⚕️ Led by Dr Lance Sandle

With nearly 40 years of experience, Dr Sandle is a Consultant Chemical Pathologist with renowned expertise in lipidology. He founded and led the Trafford Outpatient Lipid Clinic for over three decades and remains actively involved with Manchester University Foundation Trust (MFT).

Dr Sandle specialises in managing both common and rare lipid disorders, including familial and genetic hyperlipidemias.

🧬 Who Can Benefit from This Clinic?

This specialist service is ideal for:

✅ Individuals with difficult-to-manage cholesterol or lipid levels
✅ Patients diagnosed with or suspected of having inherited lipid conditions

For more information about our Lipid Clinic, visit 👉🏽 https://privategpextra.com/lipid-clinic-hale

🩺 Book an appointment
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📞 0161 428 4464
📧 info@privategpextra.com

05/12/2025

💬 💫

This week, we’re thrilled to share this Doctify feedback for our lead GP, Dr Adam Simon. 👏🏼

A big thank you to our amazing patients for the kind words we receive every week! 💙

At Private GP Extra, we pride ourselves on providing a warm welcome and professional care.

🩺 We offer a wide range of services to help you stay healthy and well:

🔹 General health concerns
🔹 Women’s and Men’s health
🔹 Menopause and Lifestyle Medicine
🔹 Lipid management
🔹 Complex medical conditions
🔹 Nutrition advice
🔹 Weight loss support
🔹 Medical reports and full health screenings
🔹 Speedy referrals for scans and specialists

Find out more ➡️ privategpextra.com

Our experienced GPs offer appointments at
healthcare providers across the region including:

📍 Hearing + Wellness Hale Ltd in Hale
📍 The Highfield Hospital in Rochdale
📍 VB Health in Springhead
📍 The Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle
📍 Neurological Physiotherapy in Cheadle
📍 Medical Imaging Partnership Manchester in Stockport

Your health is our priority.✨

Book your appointment today and experience the Private GP Extra difference!

📞 0161 428 4464
📧 info@privategpextra.com

02/12/2025

✨Menopause Clinic at VB Health Saddleworth✨

👩🏻‍⚕️ As well as a General Practice, Dr Erica Jones, offers a dedicated Menopause and Lifestyle Medicine Service.

Dr Jones is a highly experienced GP, and also a British Menopause Society and Lifestyle Medicine Specialist. 🩺

You will receive an initial one-hour appointment where Dr Jones will focus on your individual needs and goals, and also cover:

✅ Overall health
✅ Lifestyle advice
✅ Nutrition
✅ Symptoms
✅ HRT advice if required
✅ Management plan

𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗡𝗢𝗪
👇🏽
☎️ 0161 428 4464
📧 info@privategpextra.com

27/11/2025

Around 1️⃣.2️⃣ million UK people are living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with men more impacted than women.

COPD is the name for a group of lung conditions that cause breathing difficulties, it includes:

▪️Emphysema – damage to the air sacs in the lungs
▪️Chronic bronchitis – long-term inflammation of the airways

Most common symptoms:

✔️ Shortness of breath, particularly when you're active
✔️ A persistent chesty cough with phlegm – some people may dismiss this as just a "smoker's cough"
✔️ Frequent chest infections
✔️ Persistent wheezing

See a GP if you have persistent symptoms of COPD, particularly if you're over 35 and smoke or used to smoke.

We offer clinics at the follow locations across the region:

📍 Hearing + Wellness Hale Ltd in Hale
📍 The Highfield Hospital in Rochdale
📍 VB Health in Saddleworth
📍 The Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle
📍 Neurological Physiotherapy in Cheadle

𝗕ook an appointment now
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☎️ 0161 428 4464
📧 info@privategpextra.com

24/11/2025

✨ Thrive with Personalised Lifestyle Medicine Support ✨

Lifestyle medicine is transforming how we approach long-term health.

Instead of treating symptoms, it focuses on evidence-based habits that target the root causes of illness: nutrition, movement, sleep, stress management, social connection and reducing harmful behaviours.

👩🏻‍⚕️ At VB Health in Springhead, Dr Erica Jones now offers a dedicated lifestyle medicine service.

Supporting patients to make sustainable, personalised changes that improve wellbeing, reduce the risk of chronic disease and build healthier habits for life.

Dr Jones is a member of the Royal College of General Practice, the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine and the British Menopause Society.

If you’re ready to take control of your health with expert support, Dr Jones is here to help. 💚

Book a consultation with Dr Jones
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📞 0161 428 4464
📧 info@privategpextra.com

22/11/2025

Hale, we’ve got you covered! 🌟

At Private GP Extra, we’re proud to share a clinic space with Hearing + Wellness Hale Ltd right here in the village.

Together, we offer convenient access to private GP appointments and professional hearing care — all in one welcoming location.

Whether it’s a GP appointment, a hearing check, or ear wax removal, we’re here to support your health and wellbeing.

📍 Find us in the heart of Hale
📞 0161 428 4464
📧 info@privategpextra.com

🏥 Did you know? Private GP Extra shares a clinic space with Hearing + Wellness right here in Hale, Altrincham.

That means you can access high-quality hearing care and private GP services conveniently under one roof, making it easier to look after your overall health and wellbeing.

Whether it’s a hearing check, ear wax removal, or a GP appointment, we’re here to help you feel your best.

📍 Find us in the heart of Hale
🌐 www.hearingandwellness.co.uk
📞 0161 928 5900