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MHW Clinic 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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Quick contact

For all media enquiries

info@mhwclinic.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, MHW Clinic

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 MHW Clinic in 2020 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.

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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

MHW Clinic at a glance

Founded

2020

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

15+ 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.

“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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

info@mhwclinic.co.uk 020 7916 0029