Welcome
With patients' needs at the heart of everything we do, our website has been designed to make it easy for you to gain instant access to the information you need. As well as specific practice details such as opening hours and how to register, you’ll find a wealth of useful pages covering a wide range of health issues along with links to other relevant medical organisations.
Important Notice: Please bear with us, the practice is experiencing a problem with its telephone lines! We are trying to get this sorted ASAP. You can visit the practice to make an appointment or if you need to speak to the doctor CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR ONLINE is available by selecting the link below. If you require urgent medical attention, please dial 999 or dial NHS 111
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR IS AVAILABLE
A platform allowing patients to consult with their own NHS GP simply completing a quick online form.
Please note: Do not fill in the E-consult if you are not registered at our practice
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The Flu season is here!!!
Influenza can leave a healthy person with debilitating symptoms but if you are in a risk group i.e suffer from Diabetes, stroke, heart failure, or are pregnant etc, the risks are far more greater so please book your flu jab now!
Seeking Medical Advice when Limehouse Surgery is Closed
For medical advice for EMERGENCIES, contact 999. For medical advice for NON LIFE THREATENING conditions, contact 111. The 111 service will be able to assist you to receive care at the right time and in the right place. The Walk in Centre service is for registered Tower Hamlets patients and appointments are booked through 111.
Tower Hamlets Walk in Centre are changing
Have your prescription sent directly through to your pharmacy!
EPS enables your GP/Nurse to send prescriptions electronically to a pharmacy of your choice. If you would like more information on EPS please speak to reception.
In the future EPS will be the default option for prescribing and dispensing of prescriptions for primary care in England.
The practice would like to encourage more of our patients to take advantage of the benefits of EPSR2.
If you would like to sign up. Please fill in the electronic fillable nomination form and hand in the printed form to reception.
Nomination form
Registering for online services has never been so easy. Download the NHS APP now. Your Health Care all in one place!!!
Limehouse News
we now have the Pneumococcol vaccine in stock, please enquire at reception!!!
Your Data Matters to the NHS Information about your health and care helps us to improve your individual care, speed up diagnosis, plan your local services and research new treatments. In May 2018, the strict rules about how this data can and cannot be used were strengthened. The NHS is committed to keeping patient information safe and always being clear about how it is used. You can choose whether your confidential patient information is used for research and planning. To find out more visit: nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters
TRAVEL CLINIC APPOINTMENTS AT LIMEHOUSE
Changes to Travel Vaccination appointments from 1st August 2019
We will be offering appointments for Travel Vaccinations on the last Friday of the month. Unfortunately we will not be offering appointments outside of these clinics. For more information regarding travel clinics at The Limehouse Practice, please go to the following link: Travel clinic at The Limehouse Practice
If we are unable to offer you an appointment you can contact the following places:
Nomad – Canary Wharf Travel Clinic – 01341 555 061 or www.nomadtravel.co.uk
If you do have an appointment for travel vaccinations and you do not attend the appointment without notice this may not be able to be rebooked due to demand.
Want to be free from smoking?
The practice offers smoking cessation on Thursdays 10am - 12pm
The Limehouse Practice is registered for the Practice Parkrun. Please go to the following link for more details.
Community Parenting Project
Local project trains local parents to offer parent to parent support to families through their pregnancy and into their childs first year.
Please select "leaflet" for more information: Community Parenting leaflet
Breathe Easy Peer support Group Tower Hamlets
As Part of the drive to improve services for people with COPD and with the support of the British Lung Foundation we have started a New breathe Easy support
What are Breathe Easy groups?
- A support group for local people affected by lung conditions including friends, family and carers.
- Meet me once a month
- Run by its members with support from the British Lung Foundation and myself
- informal, friendly discussions in a supportive atmosphere
- Regular talks from healthcare professionals and local services
- refreshments, raffles social events and more.
Make new friends and learn more how to live well with a lung condition.
Get Well, Keep Well
Of course we’re not just here for when you are unwell. Our team of healthcare professionals and back-up staff offer a number of clinics and services to promote good health and wellbeing whatever your medical condition.
Join In
We hope you enjoy having a look around the site and familiarizing yourself with some of the online features such as ordering a repeat prescription. Whatever your thoughts, be sure to let us know via our feedback function. Comments and suggestions are always a great way of helping us continue to enhance the way we look after you.
(Site updated 02/01/2020)