How do I get there from Holborn?
Central line two stops to Oxford Circus, then an eleven-minute walk north through Cavendish Square to 99 Harley Street at the Weymouth Street corner, about twenty minutes door to door. A taxi up High Holborn and Mortimer Street runs about ten.
From Lincoln’s Inn or Gray’s Inn, add the five minutes to the station, or read the walking route above; it goes through Bloomsbury’s best squares.
Can I fit a scan into a working day at chambers?
Comfortably: the 8am slots return you to WC1 before ten; a lunchtime listing gap fits the twenty-minute scan plus travel; the evening slots absorb days that ran long. You are seen at your booked time. The diary here runs like a well-managed list.
Findings are explained in the room, so no second appointment consumes a second day.
Do I need a GP referral?
No: book directly, online or by phone. The profession’s relationship with GP registration being what it is, this route skips the part where you first find out which practice still has you on its books.
Where a scan clinically requires a conversation first, it happens by phone within the same booking.
Can I be seen the same day?
Often, yes: same-day and next-day appointments run across most scan types on weekdays. A settlement that frees the afternoon can become a scan by three and a written answer by six.
Call 0203 904 4441; the earlier in the morning, the better the same-day options.
What are your opening hours?
Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm, Saturday 8am to 6pm. The edges exist for exactly this postcode: before court, after court, and the Saturday morning that finally hosts the deferred check-up.
The 8am appointments are the quietest and the most punctual by nature.
Which route is genuinely fastest?
Door to door from Holborn station: Central line then walk, about twenty minutes, and largely immune to traffic. A cab is ten minutes on a clear run and thirty on a bad one. You know High Holborn.
The thirty-six-minute walk through Bedford Square and along New Cavendish Street is the reliable third option and the best of the three for thinking.
Is it discreet?
Entirely: an unmarked building among identical ones, results to your portal alone, and disclosure to anyone, chambers, insurers, your GP: only with your written consent. The profession’s standards of confidentiality are, if anything, exceeded.
A mobile number and an email are all we need to book you.
Can you give a second opinion on imaging I already have?
Yes: bring or send the existing imaging and report, from any hospital, NHS or private, and a subspecialty consultant re-reads it formally in writing, usually within five working days. Holborn appreciates the value of an independent expert review more than most.
It is used before consenting to procedures, after ambiguous findings, and whenever the first answer deserves scrutiny.
Do you have a clinic nearer Holborn?
No: one clinic, at 99 Harley Street, twenty minutes away. One address keeps the consultants, equipment and governance in one place, the same reasoning your profession applies to chambers.
This page simply establishes proximity: two stops is not a journey, it is a recess.
Will the report stand up if I need it later?
Reports are written by named consultants with stated credentials, precise about findings and measurements, and stored permanently on your portal, the kind of contemporaneous written record Holborn appreciates.
For formal medico-legal reporting a different instruction applies, and we will say so honestly, but as a clinical record, it is exactly what it should be.
How quickly do results come?
The consultant explains the findings during the appointment, and the written report is on your secure portal the same day, before close of business, in the only deadline language that matters here.
Where follow-up is needed, the referral letter is drafted before you leave.
How much does a scan cost?
Fixed and published: from £160, with most diagnostic ultrasounds between £250 and £350 including the written consultant report. No uplift, no disbursements, no surprises in the bill, a pricing model the profession might study.
All major insurers are accepted; bring your authorisation number.
Can I walk in without an appointment?
We ask you to book first, even if that is a phone call from Holborn 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 Holborn-bound already knowing the findings, and the written report is theirs too.
Which scans can I book near Holborn?
Every scan on this website is at 99 Harley Street, so from Holborn 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 Holborn that means a worry can be answered the day you decide to act on it.
