Local medical services
Doctors
Dr G M Neaman, Surgery, 15 Half Moon Court, EC1A 7HF
Tel 020 7600 9740
Portsoken Health Centre, 14-16 Little Somerset Street, E1
8AH
Dr S Fisher; Dr B Duffy; Dr S Levy
Mondays and Thursdays, 10am-1pm
Tel 020 7488 4240
Dentists
Michael L
Fisher, 1 Wallside
Tel 020 7638 8200
Jennifer M Pinder, 36b Old Street
Tel 020 7250 3554
Barbican Dental Care, Ground Floor 80-83 Long
Lane London EC1A 9ET
Tel 020 7600 4147
Chemists
Portmans Pharmacy (alongside Safeways)
S Chauhan, 36 Goswell Road
Boots, 17 Moorfields (Monday-Friday)
For further information on health services in your area visit the
gateway site to NHS
services .
Other support services are available from
Social Services.
Consultation on Dementia Services underway
NHS East London and the City (the cluster of primary care trusts
that commission health services) have launched a consultation about
changes to in-patient services for people with dementia: Older
People, Modern Services: a consultation on improving in-patient
assessment services for people with dementia in east London and the
City.
In the last few years, there has been a focus on investing
resources to support people with dementia to live in their own
homes. In order to continue this support, the aim is to develop
more services in the community to support people with dementia and
their families at an earlier stage.
The proposals include bringing together the short stay dementia
assessment wards based in The Larch in Hackney, The Green in Tower
Hamlets and Ruby ward in Newham and having one central dementia
assessment service on the Mile End Hospital site.
A public meeting for City residents will take place on
Tuesday 18 October from 3pm-5pm in the Courtyard Room at the
Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2M
4QH.
Full details are on the local NHS
website.
NHS summary care records to improve patient care
Patients in Hackney and the City will receive more efficient
health-care services, sooner with the introduction of NHS summary
care records.
The summary care record is a secure electronic record of
patients’ vital health information that can be shared between
health-care staff involved in that patient’s care, ensuring vital
information is at hand during treatment.
The innovative scheme will give doctors and nurses access to
information about patients’ allergies, medication and any bad
reactions patients may have had to medication in the past. Summary
care records greatly increase effective access to patient
information and ensure that medical professionals have details of a
patients’ essential medical history in the event of an
emergency.
For more information, please phone the dedicated NHS Care
Records Service information line on 0845 603 8510 or visit the
website at www.nhscarerecords.nhs.uk/summary
Organ donation
Give the gift of life.
Join the
NHS Organ Donor Register.
On average three people die each day because there are not
enough organs available for transplant operations. If you want to
help someone live after your death, sign up to the register
now.
Blood donation
The National
Blood Service is always looking for donors. Whether you are an
existing donor or would like to find out where you can donate, you
can now do so online.
The nearest sites (to the City) are:
- Insurance Hall
(Great Hall or Court Room)
20 Aldermanbury
London
EC2V 7HY
- City Temple
United Reformed Church
Holborn Viaduct
London
EC1A 2DE
- The Old Sessions House
(Jailer's Room and Dungeon Bar)
Clerkenwell Green
London
EC1R 0NA
- St Olave's Parish Hall
Mark Lane
London
EC3R 7NB
- Bishopsgate Institute
(Great Hall)
230 Bishopsgate
London
EC2M 4QH
- Guy's Hospital
(Mobile Unit)
St Thomas Street
London SE1 9TL
- Conway Hall
(Main Hall)
25 Red Lion Square
London
WC1R 4RL
Please refer to the National Blood Service website for
dates of sessions.
The site also contains information on bone marrow donations,
tissue donation and the process of blood donation.
Hospitals
Minor Injuries Unit St Bartholomew’s, Smithfield
tel 020 7601 8888
C asualty
departments
Royal London Hospital tel 020 7377
7000
University College Hospital tel 020 7387 9300
Eye hospital
Moorfields Eye Hospital, City Road tel 020 7253 3411
Further hospital information.
Counselling
Find a concellor by location and area of expertise
at www.counselling-directory.org.uk.