Services

Annual reviews and monitoring are available for the following conditions:

• High blood pressure
• Coronary heart disease or heart failure
• Stroke
• Diabetes
• Lung disease (COPD)
• Asthma
• Under active thyroid
• Atrial fibrillation
• Dementia
• Epilepsy

We provide monitoring and annual reviews for these conditions. Usually you will be invited for the annual review by text message. You will be asked to have a blood test and then see one of the nurses once the results are available. If you or the nurse thinks it necessary, you will be referred to one of our in-house pharmacists as part of the review, for example if you need a change in medication or if a new problem has been identified.

If the doctor asks you to have a blood test, you can have this done at Brocklebank, Monday to Saturday mornings.

This clinic is by appointment only and the doctor or nurse will book you in.

If you have been asked to have a FASTING blood test, you need to attend in the morning, having had nothing to eat from midnight the night before. You may have a drink of water on the morning of the blood test, but not tea, coffee, fruit juice etc.

If you want to have your blood test done at a different clinic in Wandsworth (St John’s Therapy Centre, Queen Mary’s Hospital or The Nelson) you can collect your blood form from reception and call 0203 376 8776 to book an appointment or you can use the Sangix online booking portal.

We work closely with our team of health visitors to provide a full service of child development checks. These are the checks that your child will be offered to ensure that at a particular age, health and development are normal, and to address any concerns that you many have. Please remember to bring your red book to every check.

• At 6 weeks: When your baby is 6 weeks old, make an appointment for yourself with your GP to talk to you about feeding or any other concerns you may have. You will also have the opportunity to discuss your contraceptive needs. Make this appointment a double if you wish to discuss any issues about your baby.
• At 8 weeks: Please make two appointments. The first appointment is with your GP to check your baby is developing normally and to carry out an examination to ensure your baby is healthy. The second appointment will be with the practice nurse for you baby's immunisations
• At 10 to 12 months and 27 months: A developmental check is available with the Health Visitors and they will normally call you to book you in. If you have not been contacted, you can call the Health Visitors on 03300 581 679.

Immunisations are used to protect children from diseases such as:

• Tetanus
• Polio
• Pneumococcal infections
• Diphtheria
• Meningitis C
• Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR).

Visit the NHS website to see the ages at which immunisations are offered. All childhood immunisations can be given by our practice nurses, so please make an appointment if your child’s immunisation is due.

Held on alternate Mondays and Tuesdays at the Brocklebank Health Centre for insertion of contraceptive coils.

How to request an appointment

• Using our secure online form
• Calling the surgery 020 3818 8270

Our healthcare assistant will contact you and book you in if you are suitable

We offer a number of family planning options.

All the doctors and practice nurses can offer advice on all aspects of contraception. Dr Farah Jamil fits IUDs (coils) including Mirena, in the Monday/Tuesday Coil Clinic. 

Most of our doctors can remove coils and this can be done in a normal GP appointment.

To discuss any aspect of family planning please make an appointment. This is a completely confidential service.

If you have had unprotected sex and require the “morning-after pill” you need to take this as soon as possible, and definitely within 72 hours. If you need advice about this, please let the reception staff know and they will guide you to the best option. The morning-after pill is now available over the counter at Chemists and the Pharmacist will be able to advise about how and when to take it.

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

Please speak to a GP initially

Please speak to a GP initially

For some people, an episode of flu is unpleasant (actually it can make you feel dreadful!) and inconvenient. In others, it could lead to more serious complications. For these people at risk of more severe problems, a flu vaccination is available each winter. Every year we invite patients over 65 years and those with conditions for which influenza would be a serious problem, to come in for a flu vaccine. You can book an appointment with a nurse or healthcare assistant to get your jab. Let reception know you want a flu jab and they will give you one of the special appointments set aside.

Learn more about flu vaccinations on the NHS website

Some of the doctors are trained to give joint injections. If this treatment is indicated the doctor will discuss this with you during the consultation.

If you are planning a pregnancy you can read trying to get pregnant on the NHS website. If you are pregnant, you should make an appointment to see a doctor as soon as possible to allow you to discuss where you want to have your antenatal care and delivery of your baby. You will be given information which will help you make the best choice for your own circumstances.

If you are on Methotrexate for a joint condition and have to go to St George’s to have your blood levels monitored, you may now choose to have the monitoring done at the surgery and save yourself the trip and the wait. If you want to do this please make an appointment with Stephanie who will show you how the system works at Brocklebank.

Dr Tom Coffey does minor surgery here for small lesions, lumps and bumps, e.g. moles. We are unable to remove moles for cosmetic reasons, but if you have any concerns about any skin lesion please make an appointment with a doctor to discuss this service. If appropriate they will then make an appointment for the lesion to be removed.

NHS Health Checks are being offered to people aged between 40 and 70 once every five years. The check is to assess your risk of developing heart disease, stroke, kidney disease or diabetes. If there are any warning signs, then together we can do something about it.

By taking early action, you can improve your health and prevent the onset of these conditions. There is good evidence for this.

The check should take about 20 to 30 minutes and is based on straightforward questions and measurements such as age, sex, family history, height, weight, blood pressure and cholesterol level. Following the check, you will receive free personalised advice about what you can do to stay healthy.

Everyone will receive an invitation at some point but if you are keen to take advantage of this check soon, then please call our reception team who will advise how to book.

Our nurses and healthcare assistants offer many services, some of which are listed here. If you would like to see a nurse or health care assistant please make an appointment. They are available on weekdays. The receptionist may need to know which type of appointment you want to book to ensure you see the right member of staff.

• Regular checks for people with diabetes, asthma and high blood pressure, previous stroke, heart conditions
• Advice on stopping smoking
• Advice on preventing heart disease
• Advice on healthy diet or weight reduction
• Nursing procedures such as dressings, removing stitches, injections and vaccinations
• Family planning and contraception
• Smears
• Travel vaccinations and advice. For travel vaccinations it is best to start 6 weeks before leaving the country. 

Everybody aged 65 and over should now be immunised to help protect them against pneumococcal infection which can cause diseases such as pneumonia, septicaemia (blood poisoning) and meningitis. Please phone the surgery to make an appointment if the above applies to you.

There are no routine checks made for prostate cancer. However, if you are worried about prostate cancer please come and talk to a GP. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK. It is less common in men below the age of 50 years, and the average age at diagnosis is 70-74 years. It is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in men in the UK. We know that men with other family members who have had it and men who are black are more likely to get prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer can grow slowly or very quickly. Slow-growing cancers are common and may not cause any symptoms or shorten life. It can cause the following symptoms:

• Frequency, passing urine more often during the day or night
• Reduced flow of urine
• Hesitancy-difficulty starting
• Dribbling after you have finished going

These symptoms are common in older men and are often due to non-cancerous (benign) enlargement of the prostate, a GP could help diagnose the cause.

The PSA (prostate specific antigen) test, which can give an early indication of prostate cancer, is available as a blood test. However, experts disagree on how useful the PSA test is. This is why there is a lot of research and why there is no national screening programme for prostate cancer in the UK. A raised PSA level may mean you have prostate cancer, but other conditions which are not cancer (for example, enlargement of the prostate, or infection in the prostate or bladder) can also cause higher PSA levels in the blood. If we found you to have raised PSA we would talk about arranging further tests.

We have a team of counsellors at the practice who offer various support and services including one to one psychological therapies, cognitive therapy and group therapy. In some cases the counsellor may direct you to another service which is not linked to the practice, if it is more appropriate for you. If you think you would benefit from seeing a counsellor, the first step is to make an appointment to see your GP to discuss it.

If you miss your appointment for any reason, let us know by sending us a message using our contact form and we can get it rebooked for you. 

Information on each service is available on the NHS website:

• Cervical Screening 
• Breast Screening 
• Bowel Cancer Screening 
• NHS Screening Services 

Book an appointment with one of our nurses to discuss any of the following:

• Contraception advice
• Depo injections
• Contraceptive pill review
• Cervical cytology (you may know this as Smear test)