Neko Health is the preventive-health clinic co-founded by Spotify’s Daniel Ek – a one-hour, ~£299 full-body scan plus a same-visit doctor consult. The experience reviews well; the claim that it keeps healthy people alive longer does not yet have the evidence behind it. Here is the public record, assessed.
This profile synthesizes the clinic’s published information, reputable coverage and first-hand accounts. We have not audited the clinic on your behalf, and we say so.
“A genuinely slick, fairly-priced annual health MOT with real appeal – and a real caveat. The convenience and the doctor time are proven; that it extends a healthy person’s life is, as of 2026, not.”
A single, prepaid appointment built around a proprietary, non-invasive full-body scan and a face-to-face doctor consult in the same visit. Per Neko’s own materials, the scan covers skin and moles (2D/3D photography flagging lesions for a doctor to review), cardiovascular markers (blood pressure, ECG, microvascular mapping), instant on-site bloods (cholesterol, HbA1c, hs-CRP and more), plus grip strength, waist, thermal imaging and eye-pressure.
The scan runs about 10–15 minutes; the full visit is an hour, with results delivered immediately and roughly 15 minutes of doctor time. It is a single visit, not a subscription – though Neko reports most customers rebook annually, so it functions as a yearly cadence.
Published price: £299 in London, 2,750 SEK in Stockholm – notably transparent for the category, and cheaper than buying mole-mapping, bloods and an ECG separately. Clinics operate across Stockholm, London and Manchester, with a first US location announced for New York City in spring 2026.
The scanner uses 70+ sensors capturing on the order of 50 million data points per visit, analysed by an AI system and reviewed with a doctor. Co-founded in 2018 by Daniel Ek and CEO Hjalmar Nilsonne, Neko raised a $260M Series B in January 2025 at a ~$1.8B valuation, and its waitlist has been reported in the hundreds of thousands.
First-hand accounts (Sifted, Marie Claire, Get the Gloss) are warm: a calm, fast, almost spa-like experience, generous and non-judgemental doctor time, and good value versus à-la-carte equivalents. Most journalists came away "largely healthy" with minor flags. At least one customer’s early-stage melanoma was reportedly caught by the scan – a real-sounding anecdote, not a published outcome.
The harder-nosed coverage is more reserved. The FT noted the scan is "not designed to detect many medical conditions" and that in well-resourced public systems most of these tests would be offered on indication anyway.
This is where we give the criticism equal billing. There is no published evidence that scanning asymptomatic, mostly-healthy people extends life, and screening-medicine experts are pointed: reviews of whole-body screening find no survival benefit and tumour-detection rates under ~2%, while false positives and incidental findings drive follow-up tests and biopsies that usually find nothing. One UK screening expert called Neko, on current evidence, "more likely a waste of money and time," with "an obvious risk… of overdiagnosis and overtreatment."
One fairness point: Neko is a photo, thermal, sensor and bloods scan – not whole-body MRI or CT, so it carries no radiation and the harshest imaging critiques do not map perfectly. But the core logic (overdiagnosis, false positives, no proven mortality benefit, system spillover onto GPs) still applies. Neko says clinical trials are underway; as of this writing none are published.
A reasonable fit if you want a fast, comprehensive baseline with real doctor time, you have specific risk factors (many atypical moles, family cardiovascular or metabolic history) you can act on, and you will not spiral over an ambiguous result.
Skip it, or go in clear-eyed, if you are healthy, low-risk and expecting it to "catch cancer early" or add years – there is no evidence it does, and the false-positive tax is real. Anyone prone to health anxiety should weigh that before booking.
Neko Health works as a single prepaid preventive-health visit: a fast sensor-based body scan, instant blood markers and a same-visit doctor consultation. The appeal is speed, convenience and a clear baseline, not a proven longevity intervention.
Neko Health can be worth it if you want a structured baseline, skin and cardiovascular checks, transparent pricing and doctor time in one visit. It is weaker if you expect proof that the scan extends life, because that outcome evidence is not published.
Neko Health may flag suspicious skin lesions for doctor review, and at least one public account describes an early melanoma being caught. That is not the same as broad cancer screening: the scan is not a whole-body MRI or CT, and screening healthy people still carries false-positive and overdiagnosis risk.
Neko publishes clear single-visit pricing: about £299 in London and 2,750 SEK in Stockholm at the time of this profile. Pricing can change, so confirm directly before booking.
By David Persson · Updated 2026-06-12 · Pricing changes – confirm with the clinic · Corrections: hi@agewell.guide
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