Services

Monday mornings by appointment.

Childhood immunisations are one more way to keep them safe. You want to do what is best for your child. You know about the importance of car seats, stair gates, and other ways to keep them safe. But, did you know that one of the best ways to protect them is to make sure they have all of their vaccinations?

Immunisation is the process of delivering a vaccination to protect a person against a disease.

Vaccine is the product given during immunisation which your body uses to fight exposure to disease.

Immunisations can save your child’s life

Some diseases continue to harm or kill children across the world. Don’t let your child be one of them.

Vaccines are very safe and effective

vaccines are only licensed for children after long and careful development and testing by researchers and doctors. Vaccines will involve some discomfort and may cause pain, redness, or tenderness at the site of injection but this is minimal compared to the pain, discomfort, and trauma of the diseases these vaccines prevent. Fever can be expected after any vaccination, but is more common with the Men B vaccine. Giving paracetamol soon after Men B vaccination – and not waiting for a fever to develop – will reduce the risk of your child having a fever. Serious side effects following vaccination, such as severe allergic reaction, are very rare.

Immunisation protects others you care about

some babies are too young to be protected by vaccination and others may not be able to receive certain vaccinations due to severe allergies, weakened immune systems from conditions like leukaemia, or other reasons. To help keep them safe, it is important that you and your children are fully immunised. This not only protects your family, but also helps prevent the spread of these diseases to your friends and loved ones.

Changes to the routine childhood schedule

• The NHS childhood vaccination schedule has been updated to help give children even better protection against diseases. Changes include protecting children against some diseases earlier and adding vaccines that protect against more diseases.
• The MMRV vaccine has replaced the MMR vaccine. The MMRV vaccine protects against 4 serious diseases: measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox (known as varicella). The MMRV vaccine has been safely used for many years as part of the routine childhood vaccination schedule in several countries, including Canada, Australia and Germany.

Further information

• Preparation for nursery and school webinar with Dr Clare Gerada and Dr Nishma Shah
• Changes to the childhood vaccination schedule
• NHS vaccinations and when to have them

Details on request: times may vary (nurse).

If you require more information or have any questions regarding the above services, then please don’t hesistate to contact us on 0207 987 4231 and speak to reception.

If your symptoms are within the inclusion criteria please call the reception who will book you in for the next available appointment.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria 

• All soft tissue injuries (excluding acutely unwell patients)
• Ligament, muscle, capsular sprains and strains (excluding acutely unwell patients)
• Sports injuries and tendinopathy (excluding acutely unwell patients)
• Arthritis in any joint (exluding patients under 16) 
• Spinal pain (excluding medical management of rheumatoid conditions)
• Spinal related pain into arms and legs (excluding housebound patients)
• Post surgery (excluding non-MSK reviews)
• Only pregnant women with MSK conditions including Pregnancy Related Pelvic Girdle Pain (SPD) (excluding neurological and respiratory conditions)

Other exclusion criteria

• Acute mental health conditions
• Patients not wanting to see a First Contact Physiotherapist 
• Headaches
• Other women’s health (ante and post natal problems)

Each October, we begin our flu campaign and invite patients who are over 65 and those with certain chronic conditions to attend for a vaccination.

See babies for their 6 to 8 week checks on alternate Wednesdays 9:30am to 12pm by appointment only.

They also have a The Community Well Baby Clinic Mondays 1:30pm to 3pm for parents to get advice and have their children weighed.

This clinic is for children aged 0 to 5 years & will be a drop in service, appointments are also available which you would need to contact the Health Visiting Team on 0207 363 1125 to book.

This is held at:

Isle of Dogs Children’s Centre
Stebondale Street
London
E14 3BX

• Family planning and sexual health
• Diabetes and asthma reviews
• Travel vaccinations
• Dressings
• Childhood immunisations
• Cervical screening (pap smear test)
• Wound dressings
• Stitch removal
• Sexual health
• Family planning
• Ear Syringing
• Dietary advice
• Phlebotomy services
• Urine testing (Dr)

Ask at reception for further information.

The nurses and healthcare assistants work Monday to Saturday.

Monday to Saturday. Details available on request.

By GP referral only.

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