How care works
The following describes the care flow for Anova's clinical program. Each step reflects the program's design principles: clinician governance, GP co-care, and a treatment arc built for the long term rather than the quick result.
- Express interest. You contact the Anova team through the site or by email. Tell us a little about where you are and what you are looking for.
- Eligibility screen. A brief intake review confirms whether the program is clinically appropriate for you at this stage. If it is not, we say so clearly and suggest an alternative pathway where we can.
- GP consent and involvement. With your consent, Anova contacts your GP to introduce the program and confirm their involvement in your ongoing care. If you do not currently have a regular GP, our intake process includes a supported pathway to establish that relationship before proceeding.
- Pre-consult intake. You complete a structured health history covering relevant medical history, current medications, lifestyle factors, and your goals. This is reviewed by the clinical team before your consultation.
- Baseline pathology and history review. Where clinically indicated, baseline blood tests are arranged ahead of your first consultation. Results are reviewed alongside your history so the clinician comes to the appointment with a complete picture.
- Real-time clinician consultation. You meet with a qualified clinician in real time. The consultation covers your history, intake findings, and what a realistic treatment plan looks like for you specifically. No treatment begins without this step.
- Treatment plan. Following the consultation, a personalised treatment plan is documented covering the approach agreed, goals set, and the follow-up schedule.
- GP update. Your GP receives a structured consultation summary and a copy of your treatment plan. They are kept informed at every significant step in your care, not just at the beginning.
- Follow-up schedule. Follow-up appointments are built into the plan from the outset, not arranged reactively. The schedule is designed around the phase of your treatment and adjusted as you progress.
- Maintenance, deprescribing, or escalation. When you reach the maintenance phase, the team works with you on what comes next: continuing under supervision, tapering under supervision, or escalating care if the picture has changed. The end of initial treatment is the beginning of a new phase, not the end of the relationship. If you've regained after previous treatment, this is the phase designed for you, and it starts on day one, not at the end.
What the program builds
Starting treatment is an investment: money, time, effort, hope. The return should be more than a number on the scales.
Some of what you build is behavioural capital: the skills that stay. Understanding your own hunger, planning meals without rules, protecting muscle, recovering after a setback, noticing drift early. Built week by week, and yours for good.
Some of it is physiological capital: the biological ground treatment works to rebuild. Body composition, steadier energy, better sleep, easier movement.
Together, over time, they compound into something larger: health capital. More healthy years, more function, more life.
Medication can accelerate the physiology. The program exists so you also build the skills, because they're what remain whenever medication stops.
Questions about the program? Speak with our team.