GP Delivered Quickly (GPDQ) is a company that offers healthcare services to the NHS and corporate clients based around primary care. Services include GP consultations, physiotherapy, mental health, audiology, health checks, blood tests, vaccinations and more.
Initially it was a private GP service where patients can request a GP and track their progress from their smartphone, via the GPDQ app. The service can provide remote access to a GP, in a clinic, or a home visit at a cost starting from £50. Now the company has expanded to offer a range of NHS-provided services, focused on those normally carried out by GPs in the community.
Strategy
The company began with Greater London for postcodes within the M25 and across Birmingham. The company now offers its services to a range of NHS and local authorities across the UK, including GP Practices, ICSs / ICBs, Hospital Trusts, Local Authorities, and Independent providers.
The company offers a number of services to support the NHS and reduce waiting lists, such as asthma clinics and hypertension clinics, which can be funded via ARRS funding, medical administration services, and bespoke services, such as learning disability reviews, caretaker contracts and community health screening.
GPDQ was the first ‘in person’ GP on demand app to launch in the UK. The company notes that it is setting the clinical standard for innovative healthcare services and received an outstanding CQC inspection report in March 2018.
Patients receive a consultation with a GMC registered NHS GP who has undergone GPDQ’s screening process and patient care training programme.
The service allows patients to book an appointment with a GP – at a location of their choice – between the hours of 8am and 11pm, seven days a week. Patients can also choose to see a GP via a remote link or have a home visit. They can track their GPs’ progress and estimated arrival time on their smartphone, with an average wait of ‘within 90 minutes’. As well as GP consultations the service also provides vaccinations, physiotherapy, audiology, health checks, and blood tests.
Part of the company's strategy is offer a range of healthcare services to employers, including clinics in their offices, vaccinations and health assessments.
Financials
Account records for GPDQ on Companies House show for the year to December 2023. These are very limited accounts for a small company. For the year to December 2023 the company had net current liabilities of just over £6.2 million, up from £5.1 million in 2022.
The ultimate parent company of GPDQ is PDQ Technologies Ltd; Dr Anshumen Bhagat and Paul Roberts are directors of both companies.
Dr Bhagat also holds board positions for the company GPdoctor LLP.
Investors
GPDQ is funded by private equity whereby companies or investors directly invest into the company. In April 2020, IW Capital completed a £2 million investment in GPDQ.
Contracts
Following success in London after its launch in 2016, the company expanded to Birmingham, beginning with 20 GPs on its books to cover the city. The company now says it works nationwide.
In March 2025, GPDQ expanded its community health clinic initiative in partnership with five boroughs across North Central London. The programme was first launched in July 2024 and provides health checks to local residents, with a specific focus on early detection and prevention of type 2 diabetes and hypertension. From an initial 12 community-based clinics which will run until June 2025, the partnership will then be extended to five further clinics across Camden, Haringey, Islington, Enfield, and Barnet. GPDQ’s community health clinics offer free 15-minute appointments where healthcare professionals conduct essential checks like blood pressure, BMI, and blood sugar levels.
Concerns
There is a general concern with the new digital services, such as GPDQ, Push Doctor and Zoom Doctor, and their use of NHS GPs; although the doctors will be paid extra, their time and energy is being taken directly from the NHS with nothing given back. In addition, GPs already work inhumanely long hours and inviting them to work through their lunch-breaks or after hours will make this worse, meaning that all patients could end up receiving sub-par treatment if doctors work longer days. This is just a quick digital fix for those who can afford it that overlooks the bigger picture.
