Clinics and Services

Child Developmental Checks

We run dedicated clinics for 6 to 8 week baby developmental checks and maternal postnatal checks. These will be booked by our admin team once we are notified of your babies birth but if you have not heard from us or have newly registered please do contact reception to book this.

The Clinics are an important, routine health and developmental check and are run by a team of specially trained Physician Associates, with supervision from an experienced GP. You can discuss any concerns you have regarding yourself and your new baby. If necessary you may be booked a further appointment to discuss any concerns identified, or referred on as necessary.

Health Visitor Service

From April 2019, the Health Visitor at West Hampstead Medical Centre will be  moving to a  Baby and Child Health  Hub based at Abbey Community Centre at 222c Belsize Road, Kilburn, NW6 4DJ.

The new hub clinic will allow:

• Parents to have opportunities for sharing experiences and mutually support each other through a more social experience.
• A more in depth focus on the parent–child interaction and support for parenting skills.
• A more interactive experience (outside of weighing and measuring), that allows staff to build a supportive relationship with parents, by giving both space and time for parents to understand their options.
• Support for baby feeding including a private space for breastfeeding peer supporters to provide 1:1 help where required.

The  Baby Hub Clinic at Abbey Community Centre takes place there every Wednesday morning from 10.00am to 12.00pm.

For more information about Baby and Child Health Hubs in Camden you can visit the Camden Health Visiting and Family Support Service website or call the team on 0203 317 3032. 

We have very limited capacity for taking bloods in-house and this will be limited to clinical need and availability and for patients doing specific health checks. 

Find further information about where to book a blood taking appointment on our Blood Taking Services page

This service is available through iCope. Patients can self refer via the iCope website or be referred by the GP.

Contraceptive Depot Injections

Please speak to Reception to book an appointment with the Nurse for pill check or counselling. 

Visit our contraception page for further information

Get information about COVID-19 vaccination, who can get it, and safety and side effects

Learn more about COVID-19 vaccinations on the NHS website

Held by Practice Nurse and Nurse Associate

Alternative NHS Walk-in Centres please see Urgent Wound Care Services

We do not perform ear wax removal at the surgery
A clinician can only look into the ear canal and confirm that a plug of earwax has formed

Further information

• How to treat earwax build up yourself

When to see a clinician

• If your symptoms have lasted for more than 4 days.
• If your ear is badly blocked and you cannot hear anything (you can get an infection if it has not cleared).
• If you have severe pain, discharge or itching.
• If you are very concerned/worried.

Following your examination a referral maybe considered. Please note all routine referrals ie microsuction go via the pathway outlined on Referrals. The clinical assessment team do not usually allow us to refer a patient unless they have tried one month of treatment first. Once the referral is accepted, then there is a long waiting list to be at an Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, usually around 6 months.

Local private providers
You can also pay to be seen privately to avoid waiting. Here are a few suggested, but not endorsed, treatment centres:

• Zone1Hearing
• Ear Wax Removal
• North London Hearing
• Microsuction Clinic Locations

Find information about the flu jab, including who should have it, why and when

Learn more about flu vaccinations on the NHS website

This is offered to patients over the age of 40 every 5 years. It is a general health check including blood tests and will be done by one of the clinicians such as the Nurse Associate or a Physician Associate.

Our local Community Palliative Care Nursing Teams provide excellent care for patients with terminal conditions and specialist palliative needs. Please speak to a GP if you would like to be referred.

There are also 3 local Hospices:

• Marie Curie Hospice in Hampstead
• North London Hospice in Finchley
• St John’s Hospice in St John’s Wood

Urgent Care Plan for London

UCP is a great NHS initiative providing an Electronic Urgent Care Plan which lists the patient’s wishes and care preferences and contains practical information (eg. who to contact in an emergency or where medication is kept)

This is then electronically shared with health and social care professionals who may be involved in care (eg. 111, Out-of-hours GPs, London Ambulance Service), so that patient wishes can be respected and followed with regards to urgent or end of life care.

To read more about this please visit the One London website and then speak to your GP

You can request a self testing kit online at Sexual Health London

Alternatively you can request to self swab at the practice or our nursing staff can do these. (Blood tests are performed at the local Hospitals)

Visit our Sexual Health page for further information 

Held by Practice Nurses 

To attend one of these clinics please ring our reception on 0207 431 1588

Further information is available on our Travel page

See our separate section Travel Vaccination and Advice for more specific information related to travel.

Vaccination Information

• UK immunisation schedule
• How to take your baby's temperature
• Using paracetamol to prevent and treat fever after MenB vaccination

Vaccine Knowledge Project aims to be a source of independent information about vaccines and infectious diseases and has been judged to meet the World Health Organization's criteria for providing good quality information about vaccine safety issues.  

Visit the Vaccine Knowledge Project here.

If your child has possible side-effects, including fever after vaccinations, for 24 hour emergency advice  call 111. For non emergency advice use the NHS 111 website

Vaccinations given abroad

Immunisation schedules can vary between European countries and internationally. If you are unsure whether you/your child is fully protected according to the UK schedule please email a copy of your immunisation records to us for the attention of the practice nurse and book a follow up telephone appointment with the Practice Nurse allowing sufficient time for the records to be checked and recorded.

Vaccines which are not available/you are not eligible for on the NHS schedule, such as varicella (chickenpox) and hepatitis B, may be obtained locally at pharmacists offering vaccination services or travel clinics. There is a large availability of these in London. Please check with the individual provider for vaccine availability/costs

Measles outbreaks and MMR vaccination useful information

• Measles, Mumps and Rubella
• Vaccines for children and young people aged 4 to 18

For the Under 5’s UK immunisation schedule , please visit the NHS Website

Information about some of the possible side effects of vaccinations that might occur in babies and young children up to 5 years of age, please visit the Department of Health Website.

Immunisation schedules can vary between European countries and internationally. If you are unsure whether you/your child is fully protected according to the UK schedule please make an appointment with the Practice Nurse and bring in any past immunisation history you may have so that we can clarify this.

Vaccines that are not available/you are not eligible for on the NHS schedule, such as varicella (chickenpox) and hepatitis B, may be obtained locally at pharmacists offering vaccination services or travel clinics. There is a large availability of these in London. Please check with the individual provider for vaccine availability/costs.

Further information on Vaccines 
For further information and Frequently Asked Questions about Vaccines, please visit the University of Oxford Vaccine Knowledge Project page, which aims to be a source of independent information about vaccines and infectious diseases and has been judged to meet the World Health Organization's criteria for providing good quality information about vaccine safety issues.