Overview
Grand Aesthetics is an aesthetics clinic at 40 Church Road, Hove. Its longevity testing, led by Dr Alka Patel, offers biological age, hormone, gut, nutritional and DNA tests. Each programme includes a test kit, a private results consultation and a personalised lifestyle plan.
- What it sells
- 1 health assessment, from £500
- Doctors
- 1 named: Dr Alka Patel, Leads longevity testing
- Your results
- Dr Alka Patel
- Who it is for
- “If you’re interested in optimising your health, slowing the ageing process and understanding what’s really happening inside your body, a Biological Age test is one of the most powerful places to start”
- Reviews
- Google: 4.9 from 246 reviews
- Trustpilot: none found
- Doctify: none found
- Checked 21st October 2026
Source: grandaesthetics.co.uk, longevity testing, checked 21st October 2026.
What you get for the money
Longevity Testing, from £500.
IncludedIf you choose itNot mentioned
- Blood, if you choose it
- “Depending on your results and personal health profile, further testing may be recommended to gain a deeper understanding of your health. This may include blood tests, hormone testing, gut health analysis or other diagnostic investigations”
- Genes and age
- “Dr Alka will be offering advanced longevity testing at the clinic, including: Biological Age Testing; Hormone Testing; Gut Testing; Anabolism + Nutritional Testing; DNA Testing”
- Doctor
- “In-Depth Consultation with Dr Alka Patel”
- Follow up
- “Following your consultation, Dr Alka will create a tailored longevity plan”
- Extras
- “Additional Testing (if required)”
Source: grandaesthetics.co.uk, longevity testing, checked 21st October 2026.
Every price
- Longevity TestingFrom£500Includes “Dr Alka will be offering advanced longevity testing at the clinic, including: Biological Age Testing; Hormone Testing; Gut Testing; Anabolism + Nutritional Testing; DNA Testing”, “In-Depth Consultation with Dr Alka Patel”. If you choose it: “Depending on your results and personal health profile, further testing may be recommended to gain a deeper understanding of your health. This may include blood tests, hormone testing, gut health analysis or other diagnostic investigations”.
Source: grandaesthetics.co.uk, longevity testing, checked 21st October 2026.
Is it worth it?
This page does not answer that. Here is what the NHS does for free, and what those who set screening policy say.
- NHS Health Check
- “a free check-up of the health of your heart and blood vessels”
- Who can have it
- People “aged 40 to 74 who do not have” certain conditions, such as heart disease or diabetes, or who already take medicines like statins
- How often
- Every 5 years, by invitation from your GP or local council
- What it checks
- Height, weight, waist, blood pressure, cholesterol and possibly blood sugar, in about 20 to 30 minutes
Source: nhs.uk, NHS Health Check, page reviewed 14th August 2023, checked 20th October 2026.
UK National Screening Committee
“Screening is not for people who have symptoms. People who have symptoms should always consult their GP.”
GOV.UK, published 21st November 2023
NHS
“Private companies offer a range of screening tests that you have to pay for.”
nhs.uk, NHS screening, reviewed 30th July 2024
Could it find something that isn’t there?
UK National Screening Committee
“Screening tests are not 100% accurate and do not provide a diagnosis.”
GOV.UK, published 21st November 2023
UK National Screening Committee
“False negative or false positive results can be harmful, as someone may either be falsely reassured or unnecessarily worried.”
GOV.UK, principles of screening, updated 11th July 2025
After your results
- Who explains them
- Dr Alka Patel
- If something is found
- “Depending on your results and personal health profile, further testing may be recommended to gain a deeper understanding of your health. This may include blood tests, hormone testing, gut health analysis or other diagnostic investigations.”
Source: grandaesthetics.co.uk, longevity testing, checked 21st October 2026.
Royal College of General Practitioners
“the organisation initiating the screening should not assume that general practitioners will deal with the results”
rcgp.org.uk, screening, October 2019
Doctors
Every doctor the clinic names, with their entry on the medical register where one was found.
- Dr Alka Patel
- Leads longevity testing
Source: grandaesthetics.co.uk, longevity testing, checked 19th October 2026.
What it tells you
The same questions for every clinic. What it says on its own pages, and what it does not.
StatedNot stated
- PricesStated for every package
- What each package includesStated
- How long a visit takesNot stated
- How long results takeNot stated
- Who explains your resultsStated
- What happens if something is foundStated
- Who pays for follow upNot stated
- Whether results go to your GPNot stated
- Insurance or employer coverNot stated
- Its doctors’ namesStated: 1 doctor
From the clinic’s pages listed under Sources, checked 21st October 2026.
Details
Address
40 Church Road, Hove, BN3 2FN
Source: grandaesthetics.co.uk, longevity testing, checked 19th October 2026.
Sources
- The clinic’s site
- grandaesthetics.co.uk, longevity testing
- Checked
- 19th, 20th and 21st October 2026