My Private Clinic was founded on a simple belief — that people deserve more than just enough care to survive. They deserve care that helps them live better.
Dr Faizal Secretary has spent his career in the NHS. He knows it from the inside — its dedication, its brilliance, and the impossible pressure it is under.
And he knows what that pressure costs patients. Waiting weeks for a diagnosis that should take days. Leaving a 10-minute appointment with half your concerns unaddressed. Being managed, not listened to. Receiving enough care to get by — but never quite enough to get ahead.
That gap between the care people receive and the care they deserve is what My Private Clinic exists to close.
This is not a walk-in centre. It is not a corporate clinic built by investors. It is a doctor-led, evidence-based, modern medical practice — built by one GP, for his community.
At My Private Clinic, we believe that the purpose of healthcare is not simply to treat illness. It is to prevent it. To educate. To empower. To give people the tools, the time and the information they need to live healthier, happier, longer lives.
Prevention over cure. Education over guesswork. Joint decision-making over being told what to do. These are not slogans. They are the principles that shape every appointment, every conversation, every decision made within these walls.
Private care has a reputation for being out of reach. We reject that.
Good healthcare should not come with a prohibitive price tag. It should not require a postcode, a salary bracket or a private health insurance policy. Our pricing is set deliberately — to make the standard of care that every person deserves genuinely accessible to the people of Preston.
We treat people as people. Not patients. Not numbers. Not ten-minute slots. We will give you the time. We will take you seriously. We will be honest with you. And we will work with you — not for you — to build a plan for your health that actually fits your life.
Dr Faizal Secretary’s story begins in Preston. His family arrived here in the 1960s, drawn by the opportunity this city offered. Preston gave them a home, an education, a community, a life. It gave Dr Faizal everything. He has had opportunities — locally, nationally, internationally — to take his career elsewhere. He has chosen, every time, to come back.
At the age of 16, he was walking the wards of Royal Preston Hospital as a clinical observer — the moment he knew medicine was his calling. He went on to study at the University of Manchester, one of the country’s leading medical schools. He returned to complete his foundation and GP training across Preston and Chorley.
He came back to Preston because Preston is home. And because home needed this.
My Private Clinic is based at Fatima Health Centre on Garstang Road in Fulwood — a newly built, beautifully equipped facility in one of Preston’s most welcoming neighbourhoods.
Fatima Health Centre is less than a mile from where Dr Faizal went to primary school. Less than a mile from where he went to high school. Less than a mile from where he lives today. This is not a coincidence. This is intentional.
The clinic sits within a centre that brings multiple health and wellbeing services under one roof. We are building partnerships with those services — not competing with them — because we believe that truly good primary care is holistic. It takes a community to build better health.
Right now, My Private Clinic is Dr Faizal. He runs the clinic, the governance, the clinical care, and the vision — because he believes that if you want something done right, you begin it yourself.
But this is just the beginning. The vision is to grow — carefully, deliberately, without compromising on quality — into a practice that includes nurses, healthcare assistants, podiatrists, consultants, radiographers, and more.
To build, together with the people of Preston, something that this city has not had before: genuinely accessible, genuinely excellent, community-rooted private healthcare.
Preston gave us everything. We’re giving it back.
We would rather help you avoid illness than treat it. Early detection, health screening and lifestyle medicine are central to what we do.
You make better decisions about your health when you understand it. We explain. We inform. We involve you.
Your health, your body, your choices. We advise — you decide. Together.
Every person who walks through our door deserves to be treated with dignity, warmth and respect. Always.
We work with you, with other services, and with the wider healthcare community — because no one person or practice can do this alone.
Good healthcare for all. Not just for some.
Every Friday, 9am–8pm. Other days by appointment. Same-day appointments often available.
