The World’s Leading Provider of Preventative Health Assessments
Established by Dr Paul Jenkins, Echelon Health has built a strong reputation for offering the world’s most comprehensive health assessments to uncover early signs of disease and foster proactive health management. The statistics speak for themselves, as impressively, Echelon Health can detect up to 92% of life-threatening diseases in men and 95% in women.
This is all made possible thanks to the expertise of top specialists in their fields, combined with cutting-edge technology; cue some of the world’s most advanced imaging equipment, including CT, 3T MRI, and ultrasound scanners, as well as comprehensive blood tests, which can see incredible systemic detail and detect the vast majority of diseases which could lead to premature death.
Under the leadership of Dr. Jenkins and his team of experts, they ensure clients are equipped with a detailed health analysis and a plan for future healthcare following each assessment for the ultimate peace of mind.
With such a prominent reputation, it’s no surprise that Echelon Health has built a strong base of discerning clients, and advocates including Tim Steiner OBE, Sir Ben Ainslie, Dylan Hartley, and Ole Solskaar. Plus, renowned British fashion designer, Amanda Wakeley OBE, has recently been named Echelon’s first official Brand Ambassador. Founder Dr Jenkins tells us more about Echelon Health, from offering the highest and most thorough clinical standards to the state-of-the-art technology used.
Tell us the concept of Echelon Health, and how it came about.
Echelon Health has a simple aim – to reduce early mortality by detecting disease at an early stage and to increase clients’ health span i.e. their length of active and healthy life.
Echelon was founded in 2005 shortly after I had established the European Scanning Centre (a high-quality diagnostic imaging center). I recognized that the same advanced scanning technologies that were used to diagnose the disease at the ESC could also be used in a preventive manner to see inside the body with incredible detail that would allow the very early detection of many diseases which if left untreated would progress and cause early death.
Who is your clientele?
Our clientele is a mixture of males and females who are concerned about their health and wish to maintain it so they can continue to enjoy life. The majority are typically over the age of 40 and of reasonable high net worth who understand that a preventive health assessment represents a superb investment in their most valuable possession, namely good health. Interestingly, while traditionally it would be a majority of men, over the last couple of years, we have noticed an increasing number of couples attending, as well as women.
Tell us about the offering and the process.
We offer a number of different preventive health assessments ranging from a simple cardiac health check to our flagship offering, which is the Platinum Assessment, which is our most popular. This is the most advanced health screen currently available worldwide and by utilizing several different scanning technologies to see inside the body in incredible detail, we are able to detect 92% of the causes of early death in men and 95% in women. The assessment takes around 5-6 hours in our Harley Street center and clients have the use of our private suite in between the different scans and in which to have lunch afterward. They are accompanied by one of our client liaison personnel throughout their visit and the whole assessment is painless with clients able to resume normal activities immediately afterwards or even return to work.
What technology is used in the process?
Importantly we recognize that no single scanner can detect all diseases so we utilize different ones – CT, MRI, and ultrasound scanners to image different parts of the body. For instance, only a CT scanner can image the inside of the heart arteries to determine the earliest signs of coronary artery disease, or to screen for early lung cancer. An MRI scanner just cannot do this but conversely is superb for imaging the brain and the prostate gland, whereas an ultrasound scanner is optimum for visualizing the female reproductive organs (ovaries and uterus). Importantly the scanners are operated by very experienced radiographers and the resultant images are reported on by some of the UK’s most experienced radiologists, each reporting on their area of expertise. Thus, a Platinum Assessment will have around 7 different radiologist’s reports.
How long do the checks take?
The comprehensive heart assessment takes approximately 45 minutes whereas the Platinum assessment takes 5-6 hours.
What is the recommended follow-up process?
About a week after the assessment, the client has a consultation (either face-to-face or via video) with one of our experienced doctors to go through all of their results, answer any questions they might have, and make a plan for their management. If something is found that warrants further investigation, we will make a referral to an appropriate senior specialist. Depending on the urgency, this can be the same or the next day.
What do you have in the pipeline?
At present, we have no immediate plans for expansion as we believe the optimum imaging tools are located in central London. We are constantly looking to improve our service and our Medical Advisory Committee, drawn from some of the UK’s most experienced and renowned specialists, advises us on any updates in preventive medicine that could be incorporated within our assessments.
Echelon Heath, 68 Harley St, London W1G 7HE, UK
Phone: +44 20 7580 7688
