Dr Katie Simpson, Private GP
Every patient’s clinical journey begins with a visit to their family doctor and General Practice is a speciality in its own right, complementing secondary and in-patient hospital care.​
Patients should consider visiting a private GP for the same reason that they would consider visiting a specialist surgeon or physician: access to an experienced and knowledgeable specialist GP at a time that suits you.
As a private GP, Katie can offer patients longer, dedicated appointments to support their physical and mental health needs. As a 'specialist generalist', Katie will consider your condition as part of a 'whole person' consultation and helping you to access expert medical care through a range of NHS and private specialists, including those at The Ridgeway Hospital and the wider Circle Hospital Group.
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Above all, Katie will be able to offer you her time, experience and empathy at a time to suit you.
TIME
The average NHS GP appointment is just over 7 minutes long. While this may be enough for a simple medical problem, it is rarely enough time to understand, diagnose and consider a complex set of inter-connected medical conditions.
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As a private GP, Katie can work with you to fully understand the full range of physical and mental health challenges you are facing over a longer appointment before building a consultation and treatment plan.
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Katie is particularly adept at working with patient advocates and a patient’s family to support consultations where a patient’s first language or their mental/physical frailty are a barrier to effective consultation.
EMPATHY
With a thoughtful and sensitive bedside manner based on active listening and a deep focus on the patient’s individual needs, Katie’s empathic and considerate approach are at the heart of her practice. Well rounded, well qualified, personable and adaptable, Katie is as comfortable seeing patients in-person or virtually.
EXPERIENCE
Katie trained at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, part of Imperial College and one of the world’s leading medical schools. Katie's ambition was always to qualify as a GP and she has since worked with a diverse range of patient populations and demographics whilst completing a full range of specialist GP qualifications, including her membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Katie has extensive clinical and practical experience in holistic ‘whole person’ care, with a specific focus on women’s, men’s, children’s and mental health.
AVAILABILITY
As an NHS GP, Katie has first-hand experience of the challenges in seeing any GP, and in particular your preferred GP. Working from The Ridgeway Hospital, Wroughton, Wiltshire Katie is able to offer excellent appointment availability with the majority of patients seen within 48 hours.
As a specialist GP with over 20 years' experience, there are few conditions that Katie has not treated.
Katie is able to flex her consultation style to suit the individual; this could be an in-depth focus on one particularly troubling medical problem, or it could be providing medical advice for complex multiple conditions and co-morbidities, across mental health and physical health.
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