HIV Testing in London
Confidential HIV testing in London for £195, with results the next day.
We are at Portman Square in Marylebone, in the medical district beside Harley Street. Baker Street, Bond Street and Marble Arch stations are each a few minutes on foot. Same day appointments, no referral, and nothing shared with your NHS GP unless you ask. The test is reliable from 28 days after the exposure you are worried about, and if you come sooner we will tell you when to come back.
- Same-Day Appointments
- Consult In clinic, or by phone or video
- Appointment with a GMC-registered GP
- Open until 7pm for Six Days a Week
- Consultations Starts from £49
- CQC registered
If the exposure was in the last 72 hours, read this first
A test is not what you need yet. If you have had a high risk exposure within the last 72 hours, the time critical action is post exposure prophylaxis, known as PEP, which is a course of medication that can prevent HIV taking hold. It works best the sooner it is started and it is not useful after 72 hours. PEP is available free on the NHS. Go to an NHS sexual health service, or to an emergency department outside their hours, and say you need PEP. Do not wait for a test result, and do not wait for an appointment with us.
SAME DAY HIV TESTING IN LONDON
When the test becomes reliable
28 days after the exposure. Before that a negative result cannot be relied on, because the test looks for your body’s response and that takes time to appear. Testing at a week is the commonest mistake people make, and a negative then means very little.
Booking in London
Same day appointments are usually available, and no referral is needed. You do not have to be registered with a local NHS practice or live locally.
Getting your results
Next day. Someone talks you through them rather than emailing a figure.
What the HIV test looks for IN LONDON
- The test we use detects HIV antibodies and the p24 antigen. The antigen appears earlier than antibodies, which is why a combined test becomes reliable sooner than an antibody only test would.
- What a negative result at 28 days means. It is a reliable negative for that exposure. If you have had a further risk since, that starts a new window.
- What a positive result means now. Modern HIV treatment is a tablet, usually once a day. People diagnosed and treated promptly have a normal life expectancy and become untransmittable to partners. A positive result today is a manageable long term condition, not what it was thirty years ago, and we will say so and arrange specialist care the same week.
Confidential HIV testing IN LONDON
- On being seen. Portman Square, Marylebone is a general medical location, not a signed sexual health service. Nobody in the waiting area knows why anyone else is there.
- On your records. They stay with us. Nothing is passed to your NHS GP unless you specifically ask us to.
- On insurance and employment. A private HIV test is not reportable to anyone. If you are worried about disclosure on an insurance application, that is worth asking about before you test rather than afterwards.
How to book an HIV test IN LONDON
- Step 1
Check the timing.
28 days since the exposure. Sooner than that and we will tell you when to return.
- Step 2
Book or walk in.
Same day slots usually available at Portman Square, Marylebone.
- Step 3
A short confidential consultation.
What happened and when. No lecture.
- Step 4
A blood sample.
A few minutes.
- Step 5
Results the next day
explained by a clinician, with specialist referral arranged the same week if needed.
Find your nearest PORTMAN SQUARE, MARYLEBONE, W1H 6AZ
We are at Portman Square in Marylebone, in the medical district beside Harley Street. Baker Street, Bond Street and Marble Arch stations are each a few minutes on foot.
Marylebone, London
Accessibility and support:
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet
- Wheelchair-accessible seating
- Assistive hearing loop
Address
Light Centre, 10 Portman Square, Baker Street, London W1H 6AZ
Opening Hours
Monday - Friday 8am - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm
Sunday Closed
Phone
0208 050 0379
hello@privatemedicalclinic.co.uk
Parking
No on-site parking. Nearest NCP: Portman Square Car Park (2 min walk).
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HIV test London FAQs
£195, including the antibody and p24 antigen test, with results the next day.
Then you need PEP, not a test. Go to an NHS sexual health service, or an emergency department outside their hours, and ask for post exposure prophylaxis. It is free, it is time critical, and it stops working after 72 hours.
The next day.
We are at Portman Square in Marylebone, in the medical district beside Harley Street. Baker Street, Bond Street and Marble Arch stations are each a few minutes on foot. It is a general medical location rather than a signed sexual health service.
We explain it and arrange specialist care the same week. Modern treatment is usually one tablet a day, life expectancy is normal with prompt treatment, and effective treatment makes the virus untransmittable to partners.
No, and you do not need to live locally.
28 days. Before that a negative result is not reliable. If you come sooner we will tell you when to come back rather than take payment for a result that cannot be trusted.
Yes, same day appointments are usually available, provided you are past the 28 day window.
Your records stay with us. Nothing goes to your NHS GP unless you ask us to.
A private test is not reportable to anyone. If you have a specific concern about an insurance application, ask us before testing rather than after.
Yes. NHS sexual health services test free, and postal self sampling kits are available. If cost matters more than speed, that is the better route and we would rather tell you.
Often yes. The Complete panel at £495 covers HIV alongside the other common infections and is usually better value than separate tests.
Book an HIV test in London
£195, results the next day, at Portman Square, Marylebone. Confidential, no referral, nothing shared with your GP unless you ask. Reliable from 28 days after the exposure you are worried about.