The NatureDoc Approach

Booking Process
All bookings are made through our booking team on 020 3397 1824 or through our reception team here. Expect the first visit to last for 1.5 hours per person (60 minutes for babies under 12 months). Some acute/less complex cases may only last 60 minutes, but that depends on the complexity of the health history and condition, as well as the discretion of the practitioner at the time of the consultation.

Clinics are located in Sloane Square, Fulham & Richmond – Central London, Stockbridge – Hampshire, Tidworth – Wiltshire, Bath – Somerset, Brancaster – Norfolk, Knutsford – Cheshire and Edinburgh – Scotland.

We will always need to meet the patient face to face in an initial consultation (even small babies and young children), and this is usually best achieved by a physical in-clinic consultation. However, sometimes that just isn’t possible or sensible. For example, you may find it difficult to travel, due to distance or disability or Covid restrictions. So a video consultation is often much more accessible and can work especially well as a follow-up. We can also use telephone consultations for follow-ups if necessary. The majority of our consultations over the past year have been successfully delivered virtually through our secure telehealth system.

Preparing for the Appointment
You will be sent email confirmation at the time of booking your appointment with a link to an online health questionnaire. You will also be asked to upload any pdf copies of past laboratory testing and reports from educational or medical specialists if you have them. We also need a portrait photograph of the client for our records. Video footage of any specific behaviours in children is also very useful.

It is very important to complete the online health questionnaire well in advance of your consultation and to provide as much detail as you can. This includes the very important diet and supplement/medication sections. Timely completion of the health history means that your practitioner can prepare properly for the consultation and that the duration of the consultation is used optimally to provide well thought through nutritional interventions. 

Typical consultation structure
This will involve an in-depth discussion about the person’s health history (including family medical history), diet and lifestyle with the aim to pinpoint any specific triggers.There will also be a health and development check which may include: iridology, tongue analysis, nail analysis, and abdominal check as well as a review of any recent laboratory testing. These tests vary depending on the person’s age and presentation as well as if the consultation is face to face or virtual. 

Further diagnostic testing may then be suggested via labs such as: The Doctors Laboratory, Genova Diagnostics, Invivo. Cyrex, Great Plains, Labrix, Doctor’s Data and Biolab. These include tests for: blood haematology and biochemistry, viral and bacterial titres, comprehensive stool analysis, neurotransmitters (dopamine, serotonin, epinephrine, norepinephrine, GABA, glutamate) and hormones (adrenal, thyroid, oestrogen, testosterone, progesterone), pyroluria, oxalates, organic acids, amino acids, oxidative stress, vitamin profiles, hair mineral analysis (for a heavy metal toxicity and mineral check), genetic polymorphisms, methylation, porphyrins, allergy and food intolerances (including gluten and casein peptides). There may be other simple at-home tests suggested, including basal temperature testing and stomach acid assessments. 

The laboratory tests will be ordered and the kits sent home to you to carry out. We will also send an individualised health plan via email within a week of the first consultation with details on these tests and any other diet or food supplement changes to be made before the first follow up.

Full instructions for specimen taking and returns will accompany each test and it is important to read these in full prior to testing. It is your responsibility to collect the samples and courier/post these back to the laboratories. If a blood test is required, we will advise on phlebotomy services close to your home. Results take between ten working days and four weeks to turn around. A follow-up consultation to analyse these results will therefore be 4-6 weeks after the initial consultation and will probably last one hour.

We will then put together a second health plan which may incorporate more tailored dietary interventions, lifestyle and exercise changes, herbal remedies and a food supplement regime. This is very personalised and can take a few hours to write up, so it may not be sent to you for a few days and on busy clinic weeks or in more complex cases this can take up to a week.

Follow-up consultations will be every 6 weeks – 3 months thereafter and will range from 30-60 minutes depending on the complexity of the patient’s situation. Supplement lists and dietary interventions will be updated with each follow-up.

Payment
Payment is always made at the time of the appointment with a credit/debit card (no Amex please) via the practitioners payment terminal. Cash can used for in-person consultations only. Please remember to always have your payment card to hand at the time of the appointment, as difficulty finding it can delay the next appointment quite considerably. 

All laboratory testing is in addition to the initial appointment fee. In most cases these are paid to the laboratory when the test kits are ordered, but some need to be paid for at the time of the appointment.

Supplements are also an additional cost and we will provide information on where to buy each individual supplement.

Frequently asked booking questions