Where exactly is the clinic?
99 Harley Street, London W1G 6AQ, at the Weymouth Street corner of Harley Street, in the medical district west of Fitzrovia. From Bloomsbury the line is almost comically direct: New Cavendish Street begins at the BT Tower and ends at our block.
All routes, with honest minutes, are laid out above beside the live map.
How long is the walk from Bloomsbury?
About 26 minutes from the British Museum, thirty from Russell Square, or a little over twenty from Gordon Square, or fourteen from Warren Street station if you let the Victoria line do the first leg. The map above shows Google’s recommended route.
It is a genuinely good walk: Bedford Square, Fitzrovia’s cafés, the BT Tower, then the hush of the medical district.
Can I get a second opinion on a scan I already have?
Yes: it is our signature service for this neighbourhood. Send or bring your existing imaging (NHS or private, any hospital, disc or transfer link) and a subspecialty consultant formally re-reads it, producing a written report usually within five working days.
People use it before surgery, after an unclear result, or simply to be sure. Validating, not alarming, and sometimes the second reading changes the plan.
I’m a UCLH patient: how does this fit with my NHS care?
Alongside it, not instead of it. Patients from UCLH and the Euston Road hospitals use us for a scan sooner than the list allows, a follow-up their consultant wants quickly, or an independent read of existing images, and the same-day written report is yours to hand straight back to your NHS team.
We are careful about this boundary: private imaging should inform NHS care, never fragment it.
Do I need a GP referral?
No: you book directly, online or by phone. Where a scan clinically needs a conversation first, a clinician calls you as part of the same booking.
For university staff and students far from their registered GP, that removes the usual term-time absurdity of travelling home to be referred back to London.
Can I be seen the same day?
Often, yes: same-day and next-day appointments run across most scan types on weekdays. Call 0203 904 4441 in the morning and you can usually be scanned between lunch and the afternoon seminar.
Second opinions are the exception: those take up to five working days, because the point is a considered formal read.
What are your opening hours?
Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm, Saturday 8am to 6pm. Academic and publishing diaries fit the edges well, the 8am slots before the library opens, the evening ones after it closes.
Availability moves through each morning; the same-day slots go first.
Which station works best from Bloomsbury?
Warren Street (Victoria, Northern) leaves a fourteen-minute walk; Goodge Street (Northern) about fifteen; Great Portland Street (Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan) seven. From Russell Square itself, the Piccadilly line doesn’t help, walk or take the bus along Euston Road instead.
Honestly, from most of WC1 the walk is the equal of any train once you count the escalators.
Is there parking near the clinic?
The Q-Park Harley Street car park is a few minutes’ walk, with pay-by-phone bays on Weymouth and New Cavendish Streets, and the clinic sits inside the Congestion Charge zone.
From Bloomsbury, though, driving is the one objectively wrong answer: the walk is direct and the 88 bus does the Euston Road leg if the weather argues.
Do you have a clinic in Bloomsbury itself?
No: one clinic, one address: 99 Harley Street. Concentrating the consultants, equipment and governance at a single site is what keeps the standard uniform, and Bloomsbury is a twenty-minute walk from it along one straight street.
This page exists because “near me” searches deserve an honest answer: near enough to walk, good enough to be worth it.
Who exactly reads my scan, and can I verify them?
Yes, and please do. Your report is signed by a named consultant radiologist. Their GMC number is verifiable at gmc-uk.org, and their NHS appointments (UCLH, King’s, RNOH) are stated on this page. The person scanning you is either that consultant or a specialist sonographer working directly with them.
No anonymous reporting rooms, no outsourced reads, the name on the report was in the building.
How quickly do results come?
The findings are explained during the appointment, and the written consultant report is uploaded to your secure portal the same day. Formal second opinions take up to five working days.
Reports are written to be quoted, clear findings, clear reasoning, clear next steps, because half of Bloomsbury reads them line by line, as you should.
How much does a scan cost?
Fixed, published prices: from £160, with most diagnostic ultrasounds between £250 and £350 including the specialist’s time and the written report. Second opinions are priced per study on their page.
All major insurers are accepted: bring your authorisation number, and there is no charge for the pre-booking conversation with a clinician.
Can I walk in without an appointment?
We ask you to book first, even if that is a phone call from Bloomsbury ten minutes before you set off: it means a consultant and a room are ready for you rather than a wait. Same-day slots are released through the morning, so call 0203 904 4441, tell us what you need, and reception will usually find you a time that day.
Who performs the ultrasound?
A consultant radiologist, a doctor who specialises in imaging, or a senior specialist sonographer for pregnancy and gynaecological scans, never a trainee. The person holding the probe explains what they see as they scan, so you leave Bloomsbury-bound already knowing the findings, and the written report is theirs too.
Which scans can I book near Bloomsbury?
Every scan on this website is at 99 Harley Street, so from Bloomsbury you have one address for pregnancy scans, breast ultrasound and the breast clinic, pelvic and gynaecological scans, thyroid and neck scans, abdominal and kidney scans, joint and sports injury scans, ultrasound-guided injections, and children’s scans. Each has one page and one fixed price; use the search at the top of the page or call us.
How long is the wait for a private ultrasound compared with the NHS?
NHS waits for a routine ultrasound vary from a few weeks to several months depending on the hospital and the urgency your GP assigns. Here, same-day and next-day appointments are usually available, the findings are explained before you leave, and the report is on your portal the same day. From Bloomsbury that means a worry can be answered the day you decide to act on it.
