Clinics & Services
Antenatal Clinic
If you find out that you are pregnant, you must book an appointment with a doctor for a pregnancy booking. Please note that the nurses no longer do pregnancy booking or see any antenatal patients, you can also self-referral yourself via the Homerton Hospital website.
Pregnant women are also offered antenatal care (at 16 and 36 weeks) and postnatal care by a doctor by appointment only.
Baby Clinic
Tuesday 9.30 am - 11.30 am
Immunisations, weighing and Health Visitor clinic is walk-in and patients are seen in order of arrival. Acutely ill babies will not be seen in baby clinic. They will also conduct 8 month and 27 month developmental checks. You must remember to bring your child's red book to this clinic.
Appointment based postnatal check clinic: A doctor will run a clinic for 6 week postnatal checks for both mother and baby. You must book an appointment for this clinic.
Diabetic Clinic
Patients with diabetes are invited for a complete medical checkup every year. This is a 2 part check. An appointment will be sent for both.
Family Planning
Family Planning can be discussed at any consultation, and reception will provide you with the clinic contact details.
Smoking Cessation
Specialist Smoking Cessation Advisers available to help you stop smoking, speak to the receptionists and they will happily provide you with the contact details. If you are a smoker and need help and advice on how to stop smoking, please book an initial 30 minute appointment with the practice nurse and then 15 min follow up appointments for up to 3 months. To avail of this you must be ready to set a quit date and be seen weekly for the first 4 weeks. Nicotine replacement therapy can be prescribed for up to 12 weeks under the scheme.
Phlebotomy
We run a walk-in phlebotomy clinic every Monday and Thursday. On Mondays the clinic is between 9:00-11:00 am and Thursdays between 8:30-10:00 am. You must have a completed blood form prior to coming to this clinic.
Mental Health
We run counselling sessions every Monday between 13:00 - 17:00 by appointment only. We also occasionally hold group sessions. You must be referred by the GP to this clinic.
Travel Vaccinations
We offer a full range of vaccinations for foreign travel except for Yellow-fever. If you are planning to travel abroad you must fill in a travel questionnaire which is available from reception or from our website. Please note that in order for your vaccination or medication to give you full protection, it must be given at least 4-6 weeks prior to your travel date. We also charge a fee.
Weight Clinic
We hold a weight clinic in the surgery every Tuesday afternoon between 13:00 and 17:00. The Community Dietician run this clinic and you must be referred to them by a GP in order to receive an appointment. You may also see the Dietician if you want to gain weight or you have a health condition which makes it important for you watch what you eat.
Social Prescribing Service
We run Social Prescribing sessions every Wednesday between 09:00 - 12:00 by appointment only.
There are many things that impact our health and wellbeing, including feeling isolated or struggling with practical challenges. We have Social Prescribers in our practice who can speak with adults registered with the practice. They will ask you about what is happening in your life, what you enjoy, and what is getting in the way. The Social Prescriber might suggest services and activities that might help you or simply work with you to build your skills and confidence. They can tell you about community based services, e.g. lunch clubs, gardening groups, benefits advice, exercise groups.
Please ask your GP to refer you to social prescribing.
For further information - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZKjJMyLKvQ&t=63s
To learn more about social prescribing - https://www.family-action.org.uk/social-prescribing-city-and-hackney-service/
SERVICES AT THE PRACTICE
All our doctors provide medical advice and treatment on the NHS. Other services such as private medicals, passports etc are available but may attract a fee as they are non-NHS services.