How do I get to you from Paddington station?
Two stops on the Circle or Hammersmith & City line to Great Portland Street, then a seven-minute flat walk: cross Marylebone Road, down Harley Street, and number 99 is at the Weymouth Street corner. About fifteen minutes door to door.
With luggage or without patience, the taxi rank clears fast and the fare is £10–£12.
Can I really do the whole thing in one trip to London?
Yes: that is the design. The scan takes about twenty minutes, the findings are explained in the room, and the written consultant report is uploaded to your portal the same day, usually within hours.
Book the appointment an hour after your train arrives and you will have time for coffee on both sides. Patients regularly come from the Thames Valley, the West Country and via Heathrow, and go home answered.
What if my train is delayed?
Call 0203 904 4441 from the train and we adjust. Reception holds the day loosely for travelling patients precisely because the railway is the railway. A slot can usually move by an hour without falling off the list.
Worst case, same-day availability elsewhere in the diary picks you up. Nobody who has travelled in gets turned away for GWR’s sins.
Do I need a GP referral?
No: book directly, online or by phone, whether your GP is in London, Berkshire or abroad. That is half the point for travelling patients: no local referral loop before the trip is worth making.
Where a scan needs a clinical conversation first, it happens by phone as part of the booking, before you travel.
Can I be seen the same day I arrive?
Often, yes: same-day and next-day slots run across most scan types on weekdays. If you are boarding a morning train, call as we open at 8am and you can usually be scanned before lunch.
For guaranteed timings around a fixed return ticket, book a day ahead and tell reception the train times. They plan around them daily.
What are your opening hours?
Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm, Saturday 8am to 6pm. For travellers the useful edges are the 8am starts, beating the day’s delays, and the Saturday list, which pairs a scan with a London weekend rather than a weekday off work.
Availability changes through each morning; same-day slots go first.
I live in W2: is this actually my nearest option?
For consultant-led ultrasound with same-day results, almost certainly: Connaught Village and Westbourne Terrace are an eight-minute cab or two Tube stops from our door, closer in practice than crossing town to a hospital outpatient queue.
Paddington Basin’s offices treat us as their lunchtime clinic in exactly the way Fitzrovia’s do.
Is there somewhere to leave luggage?
A weekend bag or cabin case comes into the scan room with you, patients do it every day. For anything bulkier, the left-luggage office at Paddington station is the practical answer before you get on the Tube.
Wheeled cases and the seven-minute walk from Great Portland Street get on fine; it is flat the whole way.
Can my scan results go to my doctor at home?
Yes: with your consent the written consultant report goes to any doctor you name, anywhere, the same day: your GP in Gloucestershire, your consultant in Cardiff, or simply to you to forward yourself.
Everything is also permanently on your secure portal, so nothing depends on the post.
What if the scan finds something needing follow-up?
You leave knowing exactly what and why, in writing: a plain-English report, a referral letter if one is needed, and, where the next step is something we do, like a guided injection or a follow-up scan, the option to book it before you leave for your train.
We also flag honestly when the right next step is your local NHS service, so care lands where you live.
How quickly do results come?
Findings are explained during the appointment, and the written consultant report is on your secure portal the same day, typically before an afternoon train has cleared Reading.
Nothing is held back for a follow-up appointment; the answer travels with you.
How much does a scan cost?
One fixed price per scan, published before you book: from £160, most diagnostic ultrasounds £250–£350, always including the specialist’s time and the written report. Add a £10 Tube hop and it is still cheaper than most “near me” options at home.
All major insurers are welcome: 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 Paddington 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 Paddington-bound already knowing the findings, and the written report is theirs too.
Which scans can I book near Paddington?
Every scan on this website is at 99 Harley Street, so from Paddington 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 Paddington that means a worry can be answered the day you decide to act on it.
