A few years ago, I heard an interview with Sir David Attenborough in which he reflected on the natural world’s remarkable ability to restore itself if you intervene early enough. He was talking about ecosystems, not medicine, but the sentiment applies equally to our own lives: timing, attention and care shape everything that matters.
Whether it’s our health, our ambitions, or the relationships we choose to invest in, the quality of our lives depends on how intentionally we nurture the things that sustain us.
Many of you reading this post are on a journey to find long-term connection — something real, supportive and enduring. In many ways, the work we do at DR.FSTR runs parallel to this: a belief that the things which matter most deserve time, expertise and continuity.
Health, like love, thrives with good attention and the right guidance.
At DR.FSTR, this is how we approach medicine: thoughtful, evidence-based care that allows you to live well, with confidence, for whatever (and whomever) comes next.
Introducing Dr Lucy Foster
Since qualifying as a GP in 2014, I’ve built a varied and fulfilling career across rural and urban practice, urgent care, and six years co-leading a primary care service within some of the UK’s busiest A&E departments. Over the past five years, I’ve worked in the private sector, where I’ve been able to bring together everything I value most about medicine.
My clinical interests include women’s health, paediatrics and mental health, but it’s within relationship-based private medicine that I’ve truly found my professional home. I’ve developed a real passion for long-term, trust-led care, supporting people not only when they are unwell, but in the preventive work that keeps them well.
At DR.FSTR, I look after a deliberately small number of members so I can provide discreet, world-class care with precision, empathy and expertise. From proactive planning to urgent global support when needed, the ethos is simple, thoughtful, evidence-based medicine, done properly.
DR.FSTR is a home-visiting medical practice caring for individuals, families and estates. Many of our members lead busy, extraordinary lives and simply want continuity and accessibility to a medical team that knows them properly.
What makes DR.FSTR different
We are the only private GP practice in the UK to include direct access to an in-house consultant physician, as well as your own assigned GP as part of standard membership. This means specialist-level thinking is baked-in from the start.
And because we limit our doctors’ membership list size, we give you the time and attention required to practise good medicine – not rushed, reactive medicine.
We only visit at home; we do not ask you to attend a doctor’s office, so that we can see you on your terms and in your context, in your home or workplace.
We have invested in the best technology to offer you point-of-care testing in the home, aiding accurate diagnoses.
We have a list of associate doctors and medical professionals providing additional support in paediatrics, pain management, aesthetics, lifestyle medicine, hormone health, dietetics, physiotherapy and human performance, psychology, personal training, and coaching.
We are well networked and connected with the best private hospitals in the UK.
Managing risk before it disrupts life
Our aim is to identify issues before they develop into problems, and to keep you well enough to enjoy the life you are building, whether that involves career milestones, major relocations, blending families, or meeting someone who becomes very important to you.
Each annual medical review includes broad blood testing, urine and stool analysis, and a proper conversation about your health – how you live, sleep, move, eat and manage stress. It’s not a tick-box exercise; it’s a clinical conversation that means something.
Through the year, we are there for whatever arises: illness, concerns, urgent problems, travel medicine, second opinions, aesthetic skin health, whatever you need, wherever you happen to be.
A practice built on excellence
Many of our members have lives that are anything but quiet—international travel, multiple homes, demanding careers, public visibility. Healthcare shouldn’t add to the noise.
We provide the opposite. A medical team that genuinely knows you and our ethos is simple: exceptional healthcare for extraordinary people.
An invitation
If you would like a medical practice that is personal, evidence-based and designed around your life rather than the other way around, we would be delighted to meet you.
Whether you are preparing for a new chapter, seeking clarity on your health, or simply want a doctor you can rely on without explaining yourself every time, DR.FSTR is here whenever you need us.
Here’s to living well, living wisely, and being ready for whatever and whoever comes next. Dr Lucy Foster Practice: 0208 087 0500 drfstr.co.uk
