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Shared care is available on request. Please book an appointment as soon as you know you are pregnant.

For more information, please visit the following websites:

• Pregnancy Week-By-Week
• NHS Pregnancy Guide

All doctors and the practice nurse carry out regular reviews of patients with a history of the above conditions. The clinics for chronic disease management are run by Dr Angela Sharma, Dr Hitesh Mistry and Dr Bobby Sebastian (by appointment). For further information please call the practice nurse.

Breast screening is offered to women aged 50 to 70 to detect early signs of breast cancer. Women over 70 can self-refer.

Anyone registered with a GP as female will automatically be invited for NHS breast screening every 3 years between the ages of 50 to 71. You will get a letter in the post inviting you.

If you are 71 or over you will not automatically be invited but you can still have breast screening every 3 years if you want to. You will need to call your local breast screening service to ask for an appointment.

Learn more about Breast Screenings

How do I contact the Breast Screening Service?

Visit the London Breast Screening website for further information and contact details

What happens at your appointment

NHS breast screening video: what happens during a mammogram

Information in other formats

• Breast screening: helping women decide in English and other languages
• Breast screening easy guide - information for people with learning disabilities, people with low levels of literacy and non-English speakers

The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme checks if you could have bowel cancer. The earlier cancer is found, the more effective treatment is likely to be.

Bowel screening is offered to everyone aged 54 to 74 years (50 to 74 by 2025) every 2 years.

If you’re 75 or over, you can ask for a kit every 2 years by phoning the free bowel cancer screening helpline on 0800 707 60 60.

Learn more about Bowel Cancer Screenings

How to do a bowel screening test

If I have symptoms

Always see a GP if you have symptoms of bowel cancer at any age, even if you have recently completed an NHS bowel cancer screening test kit. Do not wait to have a screening test.

See symptoms of Bowel Cancer

Cervical screening, also known as a smear test, checks for abnormal (pre-cancerous) cells in the cervix to prevent cervical cancer. The cervix is the entrance to the womb from the vagina.

Women aged 25 to 49 should have cervical screening every three years. Women aged 50 to 64 should have it every five years, or more often if results show abnormal changes.

The screening is quick and painless and can be done at the The Pembridge Villas Surgery.

Cervical screening does not test for cancer. Instead, it checks the health of the cervix cells. Most women will have normal results, but about 1 in 20 will show some abnormal changes.

Most of these changes won't lead to cervical cancer. Often, the cells may return to normal on their own. However, some abnormal cells need treatment to prevent them from becoming cancerous.

Our nurses are trained to perform cervical screening and cervical smears.

When you are due a smear test you will be invited in, via letter, email or SMS.

Please make an appointment when you are not menstruating, or day 1-4 of your cycle.

These appointments usually take about 15 minutes. For more information or to book an appointment, please call the surgery.

If you are aged over 24 and never had a smear test, or it has been more than 3 to 5 years since your last screening, please call 0207 727 2222 to make an appointment with our practice nurse.

Learn more about cervical screening

Our health visitor runs a walk-in from 10am to 11:30am twice a month on Wednesdays (please call reception to check when the next walk-in is).

Dr Ramsden and Dr Mistry also carries out baby checks on Wednesday mornings. We provide full childhood immunisations by booked appointment with the nurses.

See the NHS child vaccination schedule

Contraception is free for most people in the UK. With 15 methods to choose from, you'll find one that suits you.

Contraceptive methods allow you to choose when and if you want to have a baby, but they don’t protect you from sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Condoms help to protect against STIs and pregnancy, so whatever other method of contraception you're using to prevent pregnancy, use condoms as well to protect your and your partner’s health.

Learn more about getting contraception

Please speak to a clinician for NHS-funded counselling services.

We also provide a private counselling service which can be booked via reception, through your GP or directly with Diane Goodkind on 07802468956, or you can visit her website.

Patients can be referred to a dietetic clinic.

Contraception advice, family planning and cervical smears tests can be arranged with the doctor or practice nurse.

• NHS: Everything you need to know about pregnancy

The NHS offers free flu and Covid vaccines to those at greater risk of serious illness.

Vaccines are our best protection against flu and Covid. Over the last few years, they have kept tens of thousands of people out of hospital and helped to save countless lives.

Who can get the vaccines?

The flu and Covid vaccinations are available to people who:

• are aged 65 or over
• have certain health conditions
• are pregnant
• live with someone who has a weakened immune system
• are a carer
• are a frontline health or social care worker
• live in a care home.

Most children can get the children's flu vaccine. This includes children aged 2 to 3 years, school-aged children (Reception to year 11) and children with certain health condition.

How to get the Covid vaccine

If you're eligible for the Covid vaccine, you can:

• Contact the Practice (to check for availability at our local Enhanced Access Hubs, St Charles and Violet Melchett)
• Book a vaccination appointment online
• Via the NHS App
• Calling 119
• Find a walk-in Covid vaccine service at some local pharmacies

How to get the flu vaccine

If you're eligible for an NHS flu vaccine, you can get your vaccine from:

• Your GP surgery
• A pharmacy that offers NHS flu vaccination (if you're aged 18 or over)
• Some maternity services (if you're pregnant)

You do not have to wait for an invitation before booking an appointment.

Get more information on your winter vaccines on the NHS website.

Patients may be seen by appointment or in surgery times. Topics include disease management, diet, smoking, alcohol and others.

What we do

As your GP surgery we play a significant role in managing your long-term condition. We believe in working with you and specialists in the community to provide holistic, personal, and high-quality care.

Long term conditions or chronic diseases are conditions for which there is currently no cure, and that are managed with drugs and other treatments.

All patients with a long-term condition should have an annual review (or ‘health MOT’). The first part of this is with a health care assistant or a nurse. At this appointment we will take a blood sample, check your blood pressure, and update other health data.

A GP will review your results, looking at your medical history and medications, and consider how together we could improve your health/management of your LTC. This may include health advice, medication changes or referrals to a community service.

Your second contact with us will be to share and discuss the GP's recommendations with you. This appointment will also be with a healthcare assistant or a nurse. If you have more than one long term condition, we aim to make this second appointment with a nurse or GP.

Self referral

You can self refer yourself directly to the antenatal clinics at St Marys Hospital, Queen Charlottes Hospital, Chelses and Westminster Hospital and UCLH without seeing a GP or nurse.

Learn more about maternity self referral

All doctors can carry out certain Minor Surgery procedures in the surgery (by appointment only).

All patients age 65 or over are offered an annual health check. Please contact the surgery for more information.

Valentina is our phlebotomist and takes bloods every morning.

Booked and drop in appointments available.

Patients are referred directly to the Musculoskeletal Service.

Family Planning & Cervical Smears

Contraception advice, family planning and cervical smears tests can be arranged with the doctor or practice nurse.

Both men and women need to look after their sexual health and take time to understand the issues that surround contraception and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). For instance there are some STIs, like chlamydia, that you could be carrying without having any symptoms. This infection can affect fertility, so it's important to make use of the sexual health services available for free on the NHS.

If you need advice and support with a sexual health matter or you think you have a problem you would like to discuss, please call the surgery to make an appointment with your GP.

Sexual health services are freely available for everyone.

Find out more about the services and self-referral available

We do not offer a travel clinic.