Is this an emergency service?

No. This service is for planned, non-urgent outpatient enquiries. If you or the patient needs emergency help, call 999. For urgent but non-emergency advice, contact your GP or call NHS 111.

Does submitting the form book an appointment?

No. Submitting an enquiry does not confirm or book an appointment. Dr Pandora Wright’s team reviews each request and contacts you to discuss next steps.

Where does Dr Wright see patients?

Dr Wright sees private patients at three London hospitals — Charing Cross Hospital (Imperial College Healthcare Private Care), The Princess Grace Hospital (HCA Healthcare UK), and The Harley Street Clinic (HCA Healthcare UK) — and offers home visits across Central, West and North-West London for patients for whom a home assessment is more practical or clinically appropriate.

Will my insurance cover this?

Dr Wright is recognised by AXA, WPA, Vitality, Aviva, Allianz and Healix. Please confirm cover, authorisation and any claim requirements directly with your insurer before booking. If you have an authorisation code or claim reference, you can include it in your enquiry if available.

Do you offer self-pay appointments?

Yes. Self-pay appointments are available. For fee information, please see Dr Wright's published profile on the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN).

Do I need a GP referral?

Some enquiries come through a GP or consultant referral, while others may be self-referrals or insurer-led. Where more information is needed, Dr Wright's team may contact you, your referrer or your GP as appropriate before an outpatient appointment is arranged.

Do I need to provide my medical history on the website?

No. The public enquiry form is only for contact and routing information. Please do not include clinical details. If more information is needed, Dr Wright's team will advise you about the next step.

What happens after the assessment?

Dr Wright provides a written report and clear management plan. Follow-up, further investigations and recommendations are discussed and agreed with the patient. With the patient's consent, the report can be shared with the GP or wider care team.

Can Dr Wright carry out a financial capacity assessment?

Dr Wright does not undertake financial capacity assessments. If this is something you need, she can signpost patients and families to appropriate support during the consultation.

Publications | Dr Pandora Wright | Geriatrician London

Publications

Selected publications, blog posts, and research collaborations from Dr Pandora Wright’s NHS and private practice work in geriatric medicine.

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TREAT — emergency admission avoidance for older people

Wright PN, Tan G, Iliffe S, Lee D · Age & Ageing 43(1):116-121 · January 2014

TREAT (Triage and Rapid Elderly Assessment Team) was founded at the Royal Free Hospital in September 2010 to reduce avoidable emergency admissions for older people. Dr Wright joined the team shortly after it was founded and led its first fo…

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Anaemia in older people — BGS Anaemia Special Interest Group

Co-Chair, BGS Anaemia SIG · 2020–2021 + 2026–present · Royal Free / Imperial / Charing Cross practice

Anaemia (low blood-count, often involving iron deficiency) is common in older people — affecting around 10% of people over 65 and up to 30% over 85 — yet there is no NICE or SIGN national guideline covering its assessment and management in …

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role

MinderCare — clinical adviser to Imperial's home-monitoring service

Clinical Adviser · Imperial College London / UK Dementia Research Institute Centre for Care Research & Technology · 2025–present

MinderCare is a NIHR-funded home-monitoring service for older adults living with dementia, developed by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and the UK Dementia Research Institute Centre for Care Research & Technology. It uses a small netw…

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Kidney disease in older people — RSM symposium proceedings

Abdulla A, Wright PN, Ross LE, Gallagher H, Iyasere O, Ma N, Bartholomew C, Lowton K, Brown EA · Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine 3 · 2017 · open access

Older people are the fastest-growing group living with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and the diagnostic and treatment decisions facing them are often more complex than for younger patients. Many of the standard tools clinicians use to asses…

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Hammersmith & Fulham care home + frailty MDT work

Consultant geriatrician · Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · 2020–present

Across Hammersmith & Fulham, older patients in care homes have long been at risk of falling through gaps between primary care, community geriatric medicine, and acute hospital admission. Each transition — to A&E, into hospital, back out to …

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blog

Trick or TREAT — admission avoidance for the over-70s

Wright PN · British Geriatrics Society blog · 14 October 2013 · sole author

"Trick or TREAT" is a 2013 lay-language blog post Dr Wright wrote for the British Geriatrics Society describing what the TREAT (Triage and Rapid Elderly Assessment Team) service did for older patients arriving at A&E. Written shortly before…

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leadership

RSM Geriatrics & Gerontology Section — Past President

President 2019–2022 · Royal Society of Medicine · Section convening, programme curation, trainee mentoring

The Royal Society of Medicine is one of the UK's oldest professional medical societies. Its Geriatrics and Gerontology Section runs the country's main professional forum for older-people's-medicine specialists, hosting symposia and meetings…

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Other writing

Iliffe S, Wright P, Law R et al. “Enabling Research in Care Homes.” Age and Ageing 2017;46(6):1017. DOI 10.1093/ageing/afx131
Dar A, Wiltshire R, Wright PN. “Best-Interest Meeting Decision Toolkit.” Age and Ageing 2021;50(Suppl_1). DOI 10.1093/ageing/afab030.16
Wright PN. “Residential home assessment: the tip of a 36-year iceberg.” BMJ 2011;343:d7034. DOI 10.1136/bmj.d7034
Wright PN. BSc (Hons) History of Medicine dissertation, University College London 1990: “A Comparison of the Health of Jews and non-Jews in the East End of London 1880-1930.”
Geddes L. “Solving an age-old problem.” New Scientist, 17 Aug 2013, pp.8-9 (ScienceDirect — interviewed and cited).
Moorhead J. “Can we survive this squeeze? How to cope when both your kids and your parents need help.” The Guardian, 11 Sep 2021 (guardian.com — interviewed and quoted as community geriatrician and RSM Geriatrics & Gerontology Section President).

Selected presentations and posters

Acute Frailty Service — Frailty Network Conference 2017 (with Dr Claire Solomons)
Community Independence Service — Charing Cross Hospital, 2015 departmental poster
“Blind Alley” — cholecysto-gastric fistula case · RSM Trainees’ Poster Prize winner, Nov 2013
“Trick or TREAT” — platform presentation · RSM Trainees’ Prize runner-up, Jun 2013
Dilemma of Feeding Following a Major Stroke — RSM poster, co-author
Planning to Stay Home — pre-discharge ACP impact · RSM Trainee Prize poster + Central Middlesex Hospital QI
Reduction in Carbapenem Usage — FIS/HIS International Conference, Liverpool 2012