Booking during the season
Symptoms tend to arrive suddenly and appointments fill quickly from late spring. Same day and next day slots are usually available. If nothing suitable shows online, call 0161 470 5858.

For hay fever severe enough that antihistamines and steroid nasal sprays are not controlling it. We are at Bowsall House on King Street in Salford, minutes from Deansgate and Manchester city centre. Same day appointments are usually available through the season.


Symptoms tend to arrive suddenly and appointments fill quickly from late spring. Same day and next day slots are usually available. If nothing suitable shows online, call 0161 470 5858.
As soon as symptoms begin, typically between March and July. A single injection usually lasts 8 to 12 weeks, and some effects can last up to 6 months.
Manchester runs a longer grass pollen season than the surrounding counties, and traffic pollution makes symptoms worse for many people. Urban hay fever is often reported as more persistent and less predictable than rural hay fever.
It may suit you if:
• You are 18 or over.
• Your symptoms are moderate to severe.
• Antihistamines and steroid nasal sprays have not controlled them, taken properly and for long enough.
• Your symptoms are affecting work, study, sleep or driving.
It is not suitable if you:
• Are under 18.
• Are pregnant or breastfeeding.
• Have an active infection.
• Have diabetes, where a steroid injection can raise blood sugar.
• Have glaucoma, uncontrolled high blood pressure, or a history of steroid related mood disturbance.
We do decline people, and the assessment is what the £75 covers whether or not you go ahead.


Your doctor reviews your symptoms, what you have already tried and how you took it, your medical history and your current medicines. A surprising number of people have not had a fair trial of the basics, and fixing that is often quicker, cheaper and safer than an injection.
If the injection is appropriate it is given as a single intramuscular injection, usually into the buttock, and takes a few minutes. You can leave straight afterwards.
Side effects reported commonly are headache and temporary sleep disturbance. Because this is a systemic corticosteroid, it can also affect mood and blood sugar, and repeated injections season after season carry more concern than a single one. Your doctor will go through this with you.
Same day slots are usually available through the season.
Symptoms, what you have tried, your history and your medicines.
The injection, a different approach, or both.
where it is appropriate, taking a few minutes.
What to watch for, and when to come back if symptoms return.
Bowsall House, 3 King Street, Salford M3 7DG
We are at Bowsall House on King Street in Salford, minutes from Deansgate and Manchester city centre.
Salford Central is nearest, with Deansgate and Victoria a short walk or tram ride, and Metrolink across Greater Manchester.
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Address
Bowsall House, 3 King St, Salford M3 7DG
Opening Hours
Monday - Friday 8 am - 7 pm
Saturday 9 am - 2 pm
Sunday Closed
Phone
0161 470 5858
hello@privatemedicalclinic.co.uk
Parking
No on-site parking. Nearest NCP: Portman Square Car Park (2 min walk).
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£75 per dose, and that includes the consultation. A private prescription, if your doctor recommends one instead, is £25 plus the cost of the medication.
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.
Manchester runs a longer grass pollen season than the surrounding counties, and traffic pollution makes symptoms worse for many people. Urban hay fever is often reported as more persistent and less predictable than rural hay fever. As a rule, come as soon as symptoms begin rather than waiting to see whether they settle.
It is a licensed medicine, but the NHS stopped offering it routinely for hay fever. The reason is that it is a systemic steroid given for a condition that is not dangerous and usually responds to other treatment. Your doctor will go through that with you before you decide.
No. We offer this to adults of 18 and over only.
Repeat injections season after season carry more concern than a single one, because of the cumulative effects of systemic steroid. That is a conversation to have with your doctor rather than a booking to make automatically.
Yes, at all ten. Manchester is listed here; the others are below.
Usually yes. Same day appointments are generally available through the season. If nothing suitable appears online, call 0161 470 5858.
Baker Street, Bond Street and Marble Arch are all a short walk. Note that Portman Square is inside the Congestion Charge zone.
Typically 8 to 12 weeks, and some effects can last up to 6 months. For many people that covers the worst of the season.
Yes, and taken properly. Many people have used an antihistamine occasionally or a nasal spray with the wrong technique, and correcting that works often enough to be worth trying first.
Not in pregnancy. With diabetes it can raise your blood sugar, so it needs a proper discussion and is often not the right choice.
We will say so and explain what would help instead. The £75 covers the consultation either way.
Same day appointments through the season at Portman Square, Marylebone. £75 including the consultation, with an honest assessment of whether the injection is the right answer for you.