At Essex Private Doctors we’ve been providing fast and convenient private GP services, from our well-established Shenfield surgery, since 2005.
Described by our patients as, “excellent medical care for the whole family”, our service includes GP appointments and prescriptions, blood tests and minor surgery, health screening, contraception, vaccinations and aesthetics.
Consultations are relaxed, strictly confidential and discreet. You will never feel rushed. At ease to properly discuss your health concerns or illness with our highly experienced doctors.
We provide a welcoming next-day appointment service, and always try to accommodate urgent requests on the same day.
You can book a GP appointment at our Shenfield practice, giving you fast access to a doctor when you need it.
Alternatively, call our helpful reception team on 01277 201001
Any additional investigations, such as ECGs and blood tests will be performed by your doctor during the GP appointment. And, just as you’d expect, the appointment will also include the writing of a prescription or recommendation of further tests or treatment.
Your doctor will arrange onward specialist referrals to specialist consultants at local private hospitals. Ensuring radiological investigations such as X-ray, Ultrasound, CT and MRI imaging are arranged with fast results.
We’re open 6 days a week and offer a convenient next-day appointment service. However, we’ll always try to accommodate urgent requests on the same day, and appointments outside regular surgery hours can be made by prior arrangement.
We respect confidentiality and have chaperones available for patient examinations if required.
To find out more about what you can expect as a patient of Essex Private Doctors take a look at our Patient Journey.
Our clinic is undergoing a very exciting transformation and I am very pleased that I am now able to share with you some wonderful news.
As you may well know, this Private GP service initially began as The Regency Clinic in 2004, under the guidance of my colleague Dr Jonathan Richardson, and was based in Regency House in Brentwood. In 2012, the clinic moved to our current location in Hutton Road, Shenfield, and I had the privilege of taking over as Clinical Director in 2014.
Over the years, our services to our patients have grown, particularly since I was joined by Dr Alice Scott in 2016. In 2022 Dr Eleanor Beddoe also became part of our regular team. Over recent years, Surgery hours and services have expanded, we have regularly run two simultaneous clinics to look after our patients, and it has been clear that we have outgrown our current location.
I am therefore very pleased that I can now announce the next stage in our evolution!
On 18th June 2023, Dr Alice Scott will be taking over as Owner and Clinical Director as Essex Private Doctors Ltd., and we will be moving to our very own purpose-designed premises in 57 Crown Street, Brentwood.
Dr Scott has put in many months of hard work and planning behind the scenes, and I am delighted that she has been approved by the CQC as new Manager of the Clinic as Essex Private Doctors Ltd.
The new location has four consultation rooms and a dedicated minor surgery suite. Our rooms are on the ground and first floor, and our building is wheelchair accessible. There is good availability of car parking in the Coptfold Road multistorey car park directly opposite, or the Chatham Way surface level car park a couple of minutes’ walk away. Dedicated blue badge parking is available onsite.
I will continue to work my normal hours at Essex Private Doctors Ltd, as will Dr Scott and Dr Beddoe. We will also have more practitioners joining us to improve patient choice and appointment availability, Dr Henry Grundy-Wheeler is a very experienced GP who will be joining us at the end of June.
Our duty of care to you will remain unchanged and our core values of providing excellent medical care and availability will remain. We know that this move will only enhance convenience and patient experience, and we will now be able to offer more services to our patients.
Our new website will be launched on 18th June giving further information and full details of our new clinic.
I would like to take this opportunity as outgoing manager to thank all our patients for their trust and loyalty over the years, especially during the challenging times of Covid. Under the expert guidance of Dr Scott, I know that we will be offering a Private GP service that is second to none and I hope that we can count on your continuing support.
Dr Kannan Athreya
