Yes, I am a recognised provider for the major health insurance companies.

Check with your provider as to how many consultations they cover and what proportion of my fees they will pay.  You may also need to be referred to me by a registered consultant or GP.

AXA PPP Healthcare Provider number: ZC00055

BUPA Provider Number: 30005921

PruHealth Health Partner number:PRU3565058

The first thing I would want to find out about is the experience and qualifications of whoever wrote the information - by reading the  ’About us’ page of a website. From this information you can then draw your own conclusions as to whether you trust their expertise.

These are other particular things that I would look out for that would make me question the quality or impartiality of information:

• Selling you costly vitamins, minerals and other supplements.
• Stating that everyone should take some vitamins, minerals or other supplements – some people should, but in my opinion, and the opinion of the major nutrition bodies in the world, our bodies are generally designed to get adequate nutrition from natural sources – i.e. food.
• Recommending or selling hair analysis to determine the body’s nutritional state – this isn’t reliable.
• Selling electrical, blood or other body fluid tests for allergies and intolerances - there are some useful blood and skin tests carried out by medical consultants for immediate, serious food reactions, but those suggested for low level intolerances vary from useless to unreliable.
• Recommending that young children are put on restrictive diets without monitoring and support from a paediatric doctor or dietitian.
• Claiming their diets cause weight loss faster than 2lb or 1kg per week, without medical or dietitian supervision.
• Claiming that their diet causes weight loss from particular parts of your body.

NB Advertising of nutrition and health products and services is regulated in the UK by the Advertising Standards Agency. Read the regulations here, and make a complaint against any adverts you feel break these standards here.

For private consultations I set my rates in line with guidance from the British Dietetic Association.

My fees reflect the additional time outside a consultation that I spend on report writing, writing support materials and keeping up to date with the latest research and best practice, as well as the day to day admin time costs involved in running a high quality business.

Charges are:

£90 for an initial consultation (around an hour’s contact, plus paperwork and report writing).  For some complex issues, consultations may take double time, so charges may be increased

£50 per half hour follow up

Possible additional charges (which I will check with you before charging) are:

- £20 per half hour driving for home visits

- If I request a medical report of copy of test results from your GP, they may charge up to £50 for this as per NHS guidance.   If they do, you will be liable to pay this as an extra – but I would check this with you first.

- Nutrigenomic profiling – DNA tests to determine your ideal diet and exercise programme – cost an additional £250 due to laboratory charges.

Consultancy fees:

My consultancy fees for projects are around £300 per day, depending on project complexity.  Contact me for an individualised quote.

I am based in Shipston on Stour, which is in South Warwickshire, near the borders of Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.  I have clinic space in Shipston, but am also available to come to you if you live within about 30 minutes drive.  Alternatively I can do consultations over the phone or webcam (Skype).