Sore throat & tonsillitis · St John's Wood
Sore throat & tonsillitis appointments in St John's Wood
FastTrack GP St John's Wood is on Lodge Road in NW8, beside Lord's Cricket Ground and a few minutes' walk from St John's Wood station on the Jubilee line. You can book a GP appointment about a sore throat or tonsillitis by video or in clinic, and see whatever the booking system is showing for today before you commit. Patients travel in from across the north-west London corridor — Maida Vale, Swiss Cottage, Kilburn, Camden Town, Golders Green and beyond.
FastTrack GP St John's Wood — 15-17 Lodge Road, NW8 7JA
Sore throat & tonsillitis 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
- Opening hours for Lodge Road aren't listed here — book online and choose from the video or in-clinic appointments the system is actually showing for St John's Wood.
- NHS options nearby
- NHS Pharmacy First may cover this at St John Wood Pharmacy, Boots, Courtney Chemists, Hodgetts Pharmacy or Market Chemists. 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.
For urgent problems, the NHS options above are the right route rather than a booked appointment with us.
Who you’ll see in St John's Wood
About sore throat & tonsillitis
In St John's Wood, seeing a GP — video or in clinic — means a throat and tonsil check plus a history review, scored using FeverPAIN to see if antibiotics are likely to help. Book if your sore throat has lasted over a week, there's a fever above 38°C, swollen tonsils with white patches, or you're struggling to swallow 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
Soreness, pain or irritation in the throat is usually called a sore throat, and is often down to a viral infection like a cold. Tonsillitis specifically means inflammation of the tonsils, which can cause severe throat pain, swollen red tonsils (sometimes with white patches), trouble swallowing and a fever. The majority of sore throats and tonsillitis cases are viral and clear up within a week without needing antibiotics.
What happens in the appointment
In St John's Wood, a sore throat or tonsillitis appointment covers your throat, tonsils and history, by video or in person.
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
- 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 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 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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