Summer 2025 

     Quarterly issue 3

Herne Hill Road Medical Practice
Newsletter

Travel Notice
It is mandatory that patient schedule their travel vaccine appointment at least 8 weeks prior to their departure date.  Any requests for travel consultation requested less than 8 weeks prior to the department will not be approved. This ensures that there is sufficient time for the vaccines to take effect and for any additional doses or boosters that maybe required.  Some travel vaccines, such as yellow fever are not available on the NHS and are not provided by our practice. These vaccines must be obtained from the pharmacy such as Junction Pharmacy or a private travel clinic. 

Lambeth Contraception Clinic
When living in Lambeth, you can now access reversible contraception service. The service is for contraception implant and coils. 
To find out more information please contact the clinic on 03453002350 or visit their website www.msichoices.or.uk

Weight Loss Medicine in South East London
Weight loss medicines have been approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in England. These are now available in southeast London. To find more information please visit their website on
                www.selondonics.org/weight-loss-medicine-in-south-east-london/

NHS App

The NHS App gives you a simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services. With full access, you can order repeat prescriptions and nominate a pharmacy where you would like to collect them, view your GP health record to see information like your allergies and medicines. If your GP has given you access to your detailed medical record, you can also see information such as test results, book and manage COVID-19 vaccinations, register your organ donation decision, choose how the NHS uses your data, view your NHS number and use NHS 111 online to answer questions and get instant advice or medical help near you. We recommend turning notifications on to get prompt updates from us.

HHR Food Donation Stand
A big thank you to Nadia, Branch Manager at our local Co-op Store in Loughborough Junction. We are grateful for her donation in kick starting our food corner for our patients. We have started this initiative for the community and hopefully can continue to keep going with donations from partnering shops and donations from the public.