ECG and Private Cardiology in Wimbledon SW19

You should not have to wait months to understand your own heart.

Yet for most people in south-west London who notice a skipped beat or a racing pulse and visit their GP, the path to a cardiologist runs through a waiting list. Twelve to eighteen weeks is routine for a non-urgent NHS cardiology referral. In that time, the question does not go away. It waits with you.

This Friday, not this winter

OpenPalp offers a focused private palpitations assessment in Wimbledon, available on Friday evenings. Not weeks from now. Not after a referral letter that sits in a pile. This Friday, if there is an appointment.

The assessment is deliberate and narrow. We do not offer general cardiology here. We offer one specific pathway: palpitations in low-risk adults, assessed properly, monitored over time, and followed through a six-week structured programme. That specificity is a feature, not a limitation. A focused service for a specific problem is often more useful than a general one.

What we offer

The OpenPalp assessment includes:

• A focused clinical consultation — your symptom history, triggers, pattern, and impact on daily life
• Cardiovascular examination
• Resting 12-lead ECG with written interpretation
• Risk stratification: identifying who needs urgent referral, who can continue with the programme, and who falls outside the scope of this pathway
• Device prescription: selection of the most appropriate monitoring device for your symptom pattern
• Written clinical summary you can share with your GP

If the assessment identifies any features requiring urgent evaluation or NHS investigation, you will be told clearly and immediately, with guidance on next steps. This service does not replace emergency or urgent care. It complements the significant gap that exists for non-urgent but genuinely distressing symptoms.

Where we are

Appointments take place at 40–44 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London SW19 1RQ.

Wimbledon station is five minutes’ walk away, served by the District line, the London Overground, and the Tramlink. There is parking nearby on The Broadway. Friday evening appointments run from 17:00 to 20:00 — designed so that you do not need to take time off work.

SW19 and the surrounding areas — Raynes Park, Merton Park, Colliers Wood, South Wimbledon, Mitcham, Tooting, Balham, and Kingston — are all within straightforward reach. If you can get to Wimbledon, you can access this service.

Your clinician

The assessment is conducted by Dr Mahmood Ahmad, Specialist in Cardiology (SAS grade — a senior NHS specialist role), MRCP(UK), GMC number 6071047. Dr Ahmad trained in cardiology within the NHS and has specialist experience in heart rhythm assessment and palpitation management.

You can verify Dr Ahmad’s GMC registration at gmc-uk.org at any time. Transparency about who is seeing you and what qualifications they hold is not optional in medicine. It is basic.

What it costs — and how that compares

The initial clinical assessment is £60. The monitoring & programme, which follows the assessment and includes device monitoring, interpretation, weekly guidance, and a 15-minute in-person results appointment at day 30, is a further £70. The total pathway costs £130.

A standard private cardiology appointment in London typically costs £200–£350 for the initial consultation alone, before any investigation, monitoring, or follow-up. Extended Holter monitoring and interpretation, if arranged separately, adds further cost.

OpenPalp bundles assessment, monitoring, and a six-week programme into a single transparent price. There are no hidden charges, no follow-up consultation fees, and no referral fees.

The turning point

Waiting has a cost that does not appear on any invoice. It is the cost of low-level dread, of interrupted sleep, of the moment during exercise when you wonder whether you should stop. It is months of not knowing.

“The question is not whether you can afford to be seen. The question is whether you can afford to keep waiting.”

For most people with palpitations, the most likely outcome of a thorough assessment is reassurance backed by data — a normal rhythm at the moment of symptoms, or a pattern of benign ectopics that is well-understood and manageable. That reassurance is worth something. Especially when it arrives this Friday, not next winter.