Sore throat & tonsillitis · Hitchin
Sore throat & tonsillitis appointments in Hitchin
Our Hitchin consulting rooms are at 50 Bancroft, in the middle of the town centre, about ten minutes' walk from Hitchin station and on the same street as the Bancroft car park. Sore throat and tonsillitis appointments can be booked by video or in clinic, from 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm on Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sunday. Patients reach us from across north Hertfordshire and south Bedfordshire — Letchworth Garden City, Baldock, Stotfold, Stevenage, Henlow and Shefford among them.
FastTrack GP Hitchin — 2nd Floor, 50 Bancroft, SG5 1LL
Sore throat & tonsillitis appointments in Hitchin
- Who we see here
- We see patients from Hitchin, Letchworth Garden City, Baldock, Stevenage, Stotfold and the wider north Hertfordshire and south Bedfordshire area.
- Getting here
- The clinic is on Bancroft, about a 10-minute walk from Hitchin railway station on the East Coast Main Line. Stagecoach East buses stop on Bancroft itself. By car, the A505, A600 and A602 all lead into the town.
- Parking
- Bancroft car park is on the same street as the clinic, open 24 hours with pay-and-display from under £1.50/hour. Blue Badge holders park free.
- When you can be seen
- We don't publish set opening hours for Bancroft — the booking system shows live availability for video and in-clinic appointments in Hitchin, so check there rather than assuming.
- NHS options nearby
- NHS Pharmacy First may cover this at Bancroft Pharmacy, Bell Chemist, Boots or CareRx — participation varies, so worth checking first. Lister Hospital and New QEII Hospital urgent treatment centres (both 8am–10pm daily, walk-in) handle urgent but non-emergency problems. Your own NHS GP practice is also an option.
If you need urgent care, the NHS routes above are the ones to use instead of waiting for a booking here.
Who you’ll see in Hitchin
About sore throat & tonsillitis
A GP in Hitchin checks your throat and tonsils and reviews your history, by video or in clinic, using the FeverPAIN score to judge if antibiotics would help. Worth seeing a GP if a sore throat lasts more than a week, you have a fever above 38°C, swollen tonsils with white patches, or trouble swallowing liquids. If bacterial tonsillitis looks likely, treatment is arranged with your pharmacy that day. See our national page at /conditions/sore-throat-tonsillitis/ for more.
About sore throats and tonsillitis
A sore throat is soreness, pain or irritation in the throat, often caused by a viral infection such as a cold. Tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils specifically, and can cause a very sore throat, swollen and red tonsils (sometimes with white patches), difficulty swallowing, and a high temperature. Most sore throats and cases of tonsillitis are viral and improve within a week without antibiotics.
What happens in the appointment
A GP in Hitchin checks your throat and tonsils and reviews your history, by video or in clinic, using the FeverPAIN score to judge whether antibiotics would help.
Cost and booking
Appointments in Hitchin are £125, with no subscription and free cancellation up to 24 hours before your visit.
Seek urgent care if you have
- Trouble breathing or swallowing your own saliva
- High fever that won't come down
- A sore throat lasting more than 2 weeks
- A severe, one-sided sore throat with neck swelling
If you can't swallow your own saliva or are struggling to breathe, go to A&E or call 999.
Sore throat & tonsillitis in Hitchin — common questions
Appointments are £125, with no subscription and free cancellation up to 24 hours before your visit.
Not always — video works for many sore throats, but tonsillitis sometimes needs an in-clinic look at your throat.
Yes — see the NHS options listed further up this page for what's realistic locally and whether it covers this condition.
We’re not a substitute for emergency care
If any of these apply, please go straight to the service listed. FastTrack is for non-emergency private GP care only.
- Severe chest pain or difficulty breathing
- Signs of stroke (face droop, arm weakness, slurred speech)
- Heavy or uncontrolled bleeding
- Loss of consciousness or severe injury
- Severe abdominal pain
- Suspected broken bone
- Sudden vision changes
- Symptoms that feel rapidly worse
- Thoughts of harming yourself or others
- Severe distress or panic needing immediate support
- For non-crisis mental health, we can help — see anxiety & low mood
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