At Children’s Allergy Doctors, over 5,000 children have been supported with conditions such as eczema, food allergies, asthma, and hay fever. Your child’s unique needs are at the heart of everything we do, ensuring they receive personalized care from an expert team. The goal is to give you peace of mind while helping your child live a happy, healthy life.
If you’d like support for your child, details of consultation fees are below. These reflect the specialist expertise and comprehensive care available to your family.
Self-pay consultation fees Professor Helen Brough
- New appointment (face to face or virtual) £360
- Follow up appointment (face to face or virtual) £320
Self-pay consultation fees Dr Erika Harnik and Dr Rosy Wells
- New appointment (face to face or virtual) £350
- Follow up appointment (face to face or virtual) £280
Self-pay procedure fees
- Skin prick test (tests for immediate food, inhalant and penicillin allergies) £250
- Skin patch tests (tests for delayed food and penicillin allergies) £150
- Spirometry breathing test (asthma test which check for obstruction in the lungs) £130
- Fractional exhaled nitric oxide breathing test (asthma test which check for allergic inflammation in the lungs) £130
We do not offer skin prick tests without consultations and it is important that a clinician spends time discussing the implications of the test results with the family, in order to ensure accuracy of diagnosis and to avoid unnecessary dietary restrictions.
Self-pay treatment fees
- Immunotherapy (desensitisation) to inhalant allergens –
We offer two types of sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT): ALK and Oralvac, each tailored to your child’s age, allergen sensitivities, and practical needs.ALK produce three licensed dispersible tablets that treat grass pollen (Grazax), birch pollen (Itulizax), and house dust mite allergy (Acarizax). These tablets are suitable from age 5, and are taken daily all year round.
Oralvac products are unlicensed liquid drop formulations that has been used safely for over 20 years in specialist centres. They are suitable from age 2 and offers a broader allergen range, including the usual allergens (grass pollen, birch pollen, house dust mite), but also other tree pollens (plane tree, olive (covers ash) tree, weed pollens (Mugwort), animal dander (cat, dog, horse dander), and mould allergens (Alternaria). Oralvac is taken either year-round for perennial allergens, or for 7–8 months a year for seasonal allergens.
Both options are provided as a three-year package of care, which includes:
– The full course of SLIT medication
– Home delivery of the treatment
– All SLIT initiation appointments
– Reviews if allergic symptoms arise due to the SLIT medication
– A formal effectiveness review in Year 2 to reduce other medications (e.g. asthma inhalers, intranasal steroids and antihistamines)This ensures your child’s progress is monitored and supported throughout their immunotherapy journey.
Cost per allergen (package of care):
ALK perennial and seasonal allergens:
Year 1: £2,386.33
Year 2: £1,976.33
Year 3: £1,696.33
Oralvac – perennial allergens (e.g. house dust mite):
Year 1: £2,257.50
Year 2: £1,717.50
Year 3: £1,437.50
Oralvac – seasonal allergens (grass and/or tree pollen):
Year 1: £1,785.00
Year 2: £1,245.00
Year 3: £965.00
Health insurance
If your visit is covered by health insurance, you must obtain pre-authorisation from your insurance company before visiting us – for your consultation and any necessary investigations/tests. You may have an excess, or co-insurance on your policy. If so, you will be liable to pay for any limits exceeded on your insurance policy.
Children’s Allergy Doctors are recognised by the following insurers, and we are fee assured (except for WPA). We can see all the insured patients listed below at our location in Wimpole street at ENT4Kids:
- Allianz
- Aviva
- AXA PPP
- AXA PPP Global Healthcare
- BUPA
- BUPA International
- Cigna
- Cigna International
- Exeter Friendly
- Freedom Health
- Healix
- Health-on-Line
- Vitality
- WPA
For patients insured with Allianz, Aviva, Bupa, Bupa International, Cigna, Cigna International, Vitality and WPA, we can see these patients at the Portland Hospital for Women and Children.
For patients insured with AXA PPP, Exeter Friendly, Freedom Health, Health-on-Line and Healix, we cannot see these patients at the Portland Hospital, only at ENT4Kids.
We can see self-paying patients at either venue.
Procedure fees for insured patients
For insured patients, further tests to investigate your child’s symptoms, such as skin tests or breathing tests may be charged for by Children’s Allergy Doctors or the clinic (ENT4kids) where they are done. If you have health insurance you should contact them prior to your appointment to obtain authorisation for the consultation and procedure fees, to obtain pre-authorisation.
Blood test fees
We may need to perform blood tests to investigate your child’s symptoms. For insured patients, these may be charged by the laboratory or hospital where they have been performed. If you have health insurance you should contact them prior to your appointment to obtain authorisation for the consultation and procedure fees, to obtain pre-authorisation. For self pay patients they will be charged by Children’s Allergy Doctors.
Imaging fees
We may also need hospital may need to perform other diagnostic tests such as Chest X-rays, ultrasounds or MRI scans. The cost of tests is determined by and charged by the hospital where your child is to be seen. Prices vary slightly between hospitals and can be requested in advance from the hospital before proceeding with tests. If your visit is covered by health insurance, it is important that to contact your insurance provider prior to undertaking these tests.
Cancellation policy
Due to long waiting lists, we ask patients to give us at least 48 working hours’ notice if you need to cancel or postpone your appointment. Late cancellations will incur a charge of £100.00.
How to pay
Following the consultation, an invoice will be issued and either sent to your insurance company (membership number and a pre-authorisation number is required for each visit) or sent to you if you are self-funding. If you are self-funding, or if your insurer has advised us that you need to pay either in full, or part of your invoice (e.g. excess, coinsurance etc), you will receive an invoice from the practice.
You can either pay over the phone on 0203 146 7721 Monday – Friday between 9.00am and 5.30pm. The office is closed at weekends and Bank Holidays.
Or you can pay online 24/7.
Self-paid invoices and excess payment invoices must be paid in advance of appointment bookings.
What parents say:
‘Professor Brough is one of the finest of the profession. She is a great listener, incredibly thorough and very clear with instructions. It is reassuring to have guidance by someone who is clearly an expert in the field and so clearly passionate about providing clinical excellence to her patients.’