About
Meet Doctor Kate Brunsdon
MBBS | Accredited Lifestyle Medicine Doctor
I believe some of the most valuable healthcare happens before something goes wrong.
Throughout my career, I've cared for people across hospitals, general practice and community healthcare. I've seen the impact of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, frailty and chronic illness — not only on how long people live, but on their independence, confidence and ability to continue doing the things they love.
Many of the factors that contribute to these conditions develop gradually, often years before they cause obvious symptoms. That is why my practice focuses increasingly on preventive health. Rather than waiting for disease to appear, I help people understand where their health is now, identify what is most likely to matter in the years ahead, and take evidence-based action where it can make a meaningful difference.
Good Health is about more than avoiding disease.
For me, good health means having the physical capacity to keep living the life you want. That's why my approach considers not only traditional medical risk factors, but also areas such as body composition, bone health, strength and physical capability where relevant.
More testing isn't always better medicine.
Preventive healthcare can easily become an exercise in collecting more data. I don't believe the goal is to test everything, optimise every biomarker or turn normal variation into a medical problem. The important questions are:
What actually matters?
What can meaningfully be changed?
What should we monitor?
What is already going well?
Sometimes the right decision is to act. Sometimes it's to investigate further. Sometimes it's simply to maintain what you're already doing. And sometimes the right medical decision is to leave something alone. My role is to help you understand the difference.
My approach
My practice combines evidence-based medicine, lifestyle medicine and objective health assessment.
Where appropriate, I work with other health professionals and use objective measures such as DEXA body composition and bone density, physical capability assessment or Vo2 max assessment and selected investigations to build a clearer picture of your health.
But the technology isn't the point. The value is in knowing what to do with the information.
My aim is to bring the different pieces together, prioritise what matters and give you a plan that is realistic for your life.
Future Health
I created the Future Health Assessment for people who don't necessarily feel unwell, but want a better understanding of their health and what they can do now to protect it. It combines your medical history and goals with objective assessment of your body composition, bone health and physical capability.
Further investigations are then selected according to your individual health and risk factors — rather than giving everyone the same large panel of tests.
Ultimately, we bring everything together into a personalised Future Health Roadmap:
What did we find?
What actually matters?
What can we change?
What are the next three priorities?
Focused medical care
I also provide focused medical consultations for:
Women’s Midlife, Menopause & HRT
Evidence-based assessment and treatment of perimenopause and menopause, considered within the context of your broader health.
Weight & Metabolic Health
Doctor-led medical weight and metabolic care focused not simply on weight loss, but on improving health and body composition while protecting muscle, nutrition, bone and physical function.
Working with the right people
Good healthcare doesn't mean one clinician trying to do everything.
Where additional expertise would genuinely add value, I collaborate with and refer to trusted professionals across areas such as physiotherapy, exercise, nutrition and behavioural change. These services aren't automatically part of your care. They are recommended when they are relevant to your individual priorities and likely to help you achieve them.