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Tower Bridge Hospital London is a CQC-registered private medical service in Whitechapel, East London, with clinicians available for comment on private healthcare access, medical tourism, ADHD & mental health, diaspora health, hair transplantation, and women’s health.

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  • Whitechapel, E1 · near Aldgate Eastno GP referral needed

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Email info@towerbridgehospital.co.uk Subject line: “Press enquiry” Phone 020 7916 0029 Ask for the Clinical Director Response time Within 24 hours Faster for daily deadlines — flag urgency in subject Out of hours Email preferred Monitored evenings and weekends

Available for comment

Lead spokesperson

  • Dr Haydar Bolat Clinical Director & founding GP, Tower Bridge Hospital London GMC: Full registration with licence to practise Qualification: MBBS · MRCGP Languages: English, Turkish Speciality: Private general practice, hair transplantation, men’s health, mental health access

    Dr Bolat founded the clinic in 2024 (as My Health & Wellbeing Clinic, rebranded to Tower Bridge Hospital London in 2026) with the aim of bringing CQC-regulated private primary and aesthetic care to East London — specifically the diaspora-dense corridor along Whitechapel Road. The clinic now operates 7 days a week, employs a multilingual team of GPs, specialists, mental health practitioners and surgical staff, and treats over 8,000 registered patients across services ranging from same-day GP consultations to hair transplantation, ADHD assessment, ultrasound, and psychological therapy.

    He sits on the clinic’s clinical governance team in multiple roles (Registered Manager with CQC, Caldicott Guardian, Safeguarding Lead) and authors and reviews the clinic’s health library content.

    Full clinician profile →

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Topic expertise

What we can credibly comment on

If your story touches one of these areas, we can usually provide informed comment, expert background, or a case study patient (with their consent) within 24 hours.

Private healthcare access in East London

How private primary care interacts with NHS pressures — especially in deprived inner-London communities. Same-day access. Cost pressures. Insurance vs. self-pay trends.

Medical tourism & hair transplantation

Trends in UK patients travelling to Turkey, Hungary and elsewhere. Clinical risks, quality variation, aftercare gaps. The economics of why patients fly. Honest comparison between Istanbul and UK pricing.

ADHD and autism assessment access

Long NHS waits, the rise of private adult ADHD assessment, the “right to choose” route, integrating with primary care. Shared-care challenges. Adult-onset diagnosis.

Diaspora health & language barriers

How language-concordant care affects health outcomes. The role of multilingual clinics in immigrant-heavy boroughs. Cultural sensitivity in mental health and women’s health.

Mental health & 24/7 access

The gap between primary care mental health and crisis services. Private psychological assessment. Children & young people mental health access (under 18 boundaries).

Women’s health & HRT

Menopause care, HRT prescribing, well-woman screening. The gap in NHS provision and how private clinics fill it. Cervical screening for under- and over-screened populations.

For fact-checkers

Tower Bridge Hospital London at a glance

Founded 2024 Address 97-99 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1DT CQC Provider ID 1-17189808454 Regulated by Care Quality Commission (CQC) · GMC · HCPC · ICO Opening hours 9am-7pm, 7 days a week Clinical team size our clinicians & specialists Languages spoken English, Turkish, Bengali, Albanian, Somali, Hindi, Bulgarian, Italian Service categories Private GP · Diagnostics · Specialists · Mental health · Aesthetics · Hair transplant · Women’s health · Travel · Occupational health

If you need additional facts for a story, email us with your specific questions and your deadline. We do not provide patient numbers, financial information, or staff personal details.

Story hooks

Five evergreen angles

If you’re looking for a story we can support with comment, data context, and (where possible) a willing patient or case, here are five we work on regularly.

  • 01

    “Why I flew to Istanbul for surgery” — the British medical tourism boom

    UK patients travelling abroad for hair transplant, dental, cosmetic and bariatric surgery in record numbers. The economics, the clinical realities, the aftercare gap. We can speak to volumes, risks, and what reputable Turkish clinics actually do well — without bashing either system.

  • 02

    The diaspora doctor — healthcare in multilingual London

    How language and culture shape who walks into a clinic. The role of multilingual primary care in boroughs like Tower Hamlets where 35%+ of residents speak English as a second language. Mental health access in cultures where it’s still taboo.

  • 03

    The ADHD assessment queue — one year, two years, three years

    NHS adult ADHD waiting times now exceed three years in some London trusts. The rise of “right to choose” private assessments, the cost variation, the integration challenge with NHS shared-care prescribing. What it’s like for adults still on the waitlist.

  • 04

    Mental health crisis at 11pm — what does private care actually offer?

    The gap between NHS 111 mental health, A&E, and private psychiatric care. Out-of-hours access. When private mental health works, when it doesn’t. The boundary between private practice and the safety net.

  • 05

    HRT and the “perimenopause generation”

    Women in their late 30s and 40s seeking HRT, the NHS prescribing inconsistency, the rise of private menopause clinics. Patient frustration, GP knowledge gaps, what works clinically.

Photo & b-roll library

High-resolution images of the clinic exterior, reception, treatment rooms, and approved clinician headshots are available on request for editorial use.

For broadcast b-roll, we can usually facilitate a filming visit with 48 hours’ notice. Please indicate format (broadcast, online, social) and intended use when requesting.

Note. We don’t provide photos of patients, treatment in progress, or anything that could identify an individual without their explicit written consent. Please discuss your specific needs with us.

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Get in touch

Press desk — 24 hour response.

For deadline-sensitive enquiries, please mark the subject line “URGENT — deadline [date]” and we’ll route it accordingly.

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Tower Bridge Hospital · Whitechapel, East London

Private healthcare in East London — Whitechapel, the City & Canary Wharf

Our clinic at 97–99 Whitechapel Road, E1 cares for patients from across London and the Docklands — including Aldgate, the City, Bethnal Green, Bow, Shoreditch, Canary Wharf, Stratford and Bermondsey — a few minutes’ walk from Aldgate East and Whitechapel stations.

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In an emergency, call 999. Tower Bridge Hospital London is not an emergency service. Your nearest A&E is The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road E1 1FR — 5 minutes’ walk from our front door.

Areas we serve

Press & Media in London & East London — Whitechapel, the City & Canary Wharf

Our Press & Media service at Whitechapel, E1 cares for patients from right across London and East London, the City and the Docklands — including Aldgate, Bethnal Green, Bow, Shoreditch, Canary Wharf, Stratford, Bermondsey and the surrounding areas. Same-day and walk-in appointments are available and you do not need a GP referral.

Easy to reach — minutes from the Royal London Hospital and Aldgate East, Whitechapel, Aldgate and Liverpool Street stations, and one stop from Canary Wharf on the Elizabeth line.

Looking for press & media near me?

If you are searching for a private press & media near me, a doctor, clinic or specialist near me in East London, our Whitechapel practice is on your doorstep — walk-in and same-day appointments, no GP referral, and no long NHS waiting list.

Book a same-day appointment or call 020 7916 0029. See our transparent fees. Open 7 days a week, 9am–7pm. Private clinic on Whitechapel Road, London E1 — serving Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Newham, Islington, the City of London and Southwark.

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