Wimpole Clinic

London · 2 Harley Street, London W1G 9PA

Everything below is built from Wimpole Clinic's public record and the questions you marked in this tab. Take the printed kit to your consultation and write your notes on paper.

A. What Unmist could confirm

from public sources

doctor register route recorded
published pricing
consultation offered

D. Questions for the consultation

Ask these in the room and note the answers on paper. Anything still unclear can be asked again.

General

1
Will you go through the risks and alternatives with me at the consultation?from their pages
What a solid answer includes: A directly responsive answer identifies written information you can review, such as a leaflet, email or consent document.
2
What aftercare do you provide, and who do I contact if something worries me afterwards?from their pages
What a solid answer includes: A directly responsive answer names who to contact, how to contact them and when they are reachable.
3
How do you decide whether someone is a good candidate?
What a solid answer includes: A directly responsive answer describes the circumstances in which the clinic would decline or defer treatment.
4
If anything went wrong during or after treatment, how would it be handled — and who would be responsible for my care?
What a solid answer includes: A directly responsive answer names who would be responsible for your care, how urgent problems are handled out of hours and whether further treatment could cost extra.

No treatment-specific questions yet for what this clinic offers — the general and clinic-type questions still apply.

For this kind of clinic

5
Who performs each step of the procedure — the surgeon or technicians — and who is present throughout?
What a solid answer includes: A directly responsive answer names who makes the incisions, extracts and implants the grafts, and confirms a registered practitioner is present throughout, not only technicians.
6
How many grafts are you proposing, what is the price per graft, and what happens if grafts do not take?
What a solid answer includes: A directly responsive answer gives a graft number with the reasoning, a clear price basis, and the policy on poor growth or a second session.

E. Things to observe and note

These don't show up on a website. None of them mean something is wrong; they are simply worth noticing and weighing as part of your decision.

Before & after: is it a fair comparison?
If you are shown photographs, check:
- Same patient and treated area; the treatment is identified.
- Angle, distance or zoom, crop, posture and expression are comparable.
- Lighting, background and camera perspective are comparable.
- Make-up, filters, retouching, styling or skin preparation do not change the area; ask about sessions, timing, other treatments and results beyond the best case.
Ask: “Can I see unedited photographs taken under comparable conditions, with sessions, timing and any other treatments explained?”
Photography can change how results appear. One person’s outcome is not a guarantee of yours.
Full payment is asked for before the consultation
Consultation fees are normally quoted on their own. Being asked to pay for the whole procedure before you have been assessed is worth pausing on.
You are asked to book on the day
The Royal College of Surgeons' standards recommend a cooling-off period of at least two weeks for cosmetic surgery, and GMC guidance asks doctors to give you time to reflect — a discount that ends today is worth pausing on.
No written consent form before payment
GMC guidance expects the person carrying out a procedure to take your consent themselves and to give you time to reflect; ask to see the consent form before you pay.
Your specific risk questions get general answers
If you ask what could go wrong for you and the answer stays general, ask again until it becomes specific to you.
No clear route if something goes wrong
Ask who you would call out of hours and what happens if a corrective procedure is needed, and note how clearly it is answered.
Who is in the room during the procedure?
Ask how many people work on you and what each one does, and note whether a registered practitioner is present throughout.

F. Your notes

Write your notes on the printed kit.