Chest infection · St John's Wood
Chest infection appointments in St John's Wood
FastTrack GP St John's Wood is on Lodge Road in NW8, immediately beside Lord's Cricket Ground and a few minutes' walk from St John's Wood station on the Jubilee line. If you have a cough, a temperature or chest symptoms and you don't want to wait for a routine NHS appointment, you can book a video consultation or an in-clinic appointment here. The clinical care is the same wherever you see us — what this page covers is how to actually get seen in NW8.
FastTrack GP St John's Wood — 15-17 Lodge Road, NW8 7JA
Chest infection appointments in St John's Wood
- Who we see here
- We see patients from St John's Wood, Maida Vale, Regent's Park, Swiss Cottage, Kilburn and the wider north-west London area served by the Jubilee line.
- Getting here
- The clinic is close to St John's Wood station on the Jubilee line. Local buses stop at Lord's Cricket Ground and St John's Wood Station. By car, the clinic sits within Westminster's controlled parking zones, just off the A41 and A5.
- Parking
- Q-Park St John's Wood on Kingsmill Terrace is the nearest car park, open 24/7 with a 2m height limit; tariffs aren't published online, so check at the barrier. On-street parking is controlled, with a typical 4-hour maximum stay.
- When you can be seen
- We don't publish set opening hours for Lodge Road — the booking system shows live availability for video and in-clinic appointments in St John's Wood, so check there rather than assuming.
- NHS options nearby
- St John Wood Pharmacy, Boots, Courtney Chemists, Hodgetts Pharmacy and Market Chemists can advise, though this isn't part of NHS Pharmacy First. St Mary's Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre (24/7, walk-in or via NHS 111) and the Soho and St Charles NHS Walk-in Centres handle urgent but non-emergency problems. St Johns Wood Medical Practice is a local NHS GP practice accepting new patients.
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 St John's Wood
About chest infection
In St John's Wood, a GP starts by listening to your chest and going through your history, either by video or in person, to judge whether the cause is viral or bacterial. Warning signs worth acting on include a cough that's lasted over three weeks, a fever that won't come down, blood or rust-coloured mucus when you cough, or feeling breathless at rest. If antibiotics are needed, they're arranged with your pharmacy the same day. Fuller clinical detail is on our national chest infection page at /conditions/chest-infection/.
About chest infections
Chest infections affect the lungs or airways and can be viral or bacterial in origin. They typically cause a persistent cough that may bring up phlegm, a raised temperature, breathlessness, wheezing, and pain when breathing or coughing. Viral cases are more common and usually settle within a few weeks, while bacterial infections sometimes need antibiotics.
What happens in the appointment
A GP in St John's Wood listens to your chest and goes through your history, by video or in person, and explains what the right next step is.
Cost and booking
A booked appointment in St John's Wood costs £125 — no subscription, and free to cancel up to 24 hours ahead.
Seek urgent care if you have
- High fever that won't come down
- Shortness of breath at rest or rapid breathing
- Coughing up blood or rust-coloured mucus
- Symptoms lasting more than 3 weeks
If you have severe breathing difficulty, blue lips, or chest pain spreading to the arm or jaw, call 999.
Chest infection in St John's Wood — common questions
Appointments are £125, with no subscription and free cancellation up to 24 hours before your visit.
Not always — video covers the history and how you sound. An in-clinic slot is only needed if the GP wants to listen to your chest in person.
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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