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Telephone: 020 7487 5244 Out of hours: 111
Address: 53 New Cavendish Street, London, W1G 9TQ
Cavendish Health Centre **UPDATE 22/01/2021** From next week, we will be calling those in priority groups 2, 3 and 4. We have been told to prioritise those over 75 years first and then contact those between 70 years and 75 years. We are currently not allowed to contact those under 70 years of age even […]
Cavendish Health Centre The NHS is very busy responding to the coronavirus pandemic and, at certain times, your GP practice may need to prioritise patients with the most urgent health needs. If you have a health issue that isn’t urgent, advice is available on the NHS website (www.nhs.uk) or NHS app or you can speak […]
For information on how best to be seen at the Surgery, select the service or condition you require:
Who do I see: GP / Hospital Antenatal Clinic
Advice: You can self-refer to St Mary’s Hospital or University College Hospital for your antenatal care. You can also download the Mum and Baby App for North West London.
Who do I see: Turning Point
Advice: Please visit Turning Point for self-referrals
Who do I see: GP
Advice: Please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Practice Nurse
Advice: If you are having a severe asthma attack, please telephone 999 or 111. Otherwise for a Practice Nurse appointment, please contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Turning Point / AA
Advice: Please visit Turning Point for self-referrals or visit Alcoholics Anonymous
Who do I see: IAPT Service / Counselling / Psychological Therapy
Advice: If you are experiencing anxiety symptoms either visit Westminster Talking Therapies or Westminster MIND, or alternatively please book an appointment with a GP either online or contact reception on 020 7487 5244. Cavendish Health Centre also provide psychological therapy at the practice.
Who do I see: Musculoskeletal Service / Community Pharmacy
Advice: Visit Health Share London to self-refer to the Physiotherapy Service. Search for your nearest community pharmacist
Who do I see: BP Machine in waiting room / Pharmacist / Health Care Assistant (ABPM)
Advice: We have a blood pressure machine in the waiting room or high street pharmacies often also have machines. We offer ABPM (Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring to record your blood pressure over 24 hours). Please contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Phlebotomist / Health Care Assistant
Advice: Please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment. Appointments for blood tests MUST have been requested by your doctor or other health care professional.
Who do I see: Contact Westminster Council
Advice: The National Blue Badge Scheme does not apply in Westminster due to traffic congestion and the high demand for parking in Central London. Westminster City Council operates a White Badge scheme which works alongside a Blue Badge. If you aren’t eligible for a White Badge, you may still receive a Blue Badge.
Please visit the Westminster Council website for further information.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacist / GP
Advice: Search for your nearest community pharmacist. For GP appointments, please book an appointment online or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: GP or A&E for severe symptoms.
Advice: Telephone 999 or 111 if symptoms are severe. For less serious breathing issues such as chest infections, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244
Who do I see: Self Help / Health Visitor
Advice: Visit NHS advice pages, or search for a breastfeeding support service near you. You can also book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacist / GP
Advice: For pain relief, please search for your nearest community pharmacy. For difficulty breathing, please book a GP appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Practice Nurse / Urgent Care Centre if severe.
Advice: If severe, please search for your nearest Urgent Care Centre. If not, please book an appointment online or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Practice Nurse
Advice: Once you are invited, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment, on a day that you are not bleeding or on your period.
Who do I see: GP if it persists for more than 1 week, or other chest issues (asthma)
Advice: Please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: GP or A&E for severe symptoms
Advice: Telephone 999 or 111 if symptoms are severe. If not severe and has lasted for more than a few days, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Practice Nurse
Advice: Baby Clinic is run by our Practice Nurses, appointments needed for immunisations, please contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment. Find out more at NHS Choices.
Who do I see: GP
Advice: Please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244
Who do I see: GP / Family Planning Clinic / GUM Clinic
Advice: Please book contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment with the correct GP. Alternatively local family planning or sexual health clinics are able to fit these.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy
Advice: Search for your nearest community pharmacist. Antibiotics are NOT needed for the common colds, as colds are caused by a virus. Find out more at NHS Choices.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP if persists more than 1 week.
Advice: Search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Family Planning Clinic / Practice Nurse / GP.
Advice: Visit the NHS site for more information about Family Planning Clinics. You can also request a repeat prescription of the contraceptive pill online by completing a questionnaire. For a GP or a Practice Nurse, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Family Planning Clinic / Practice Nurse / GP.
Advice: Visit the NHS site for more information about Family Planning Clinics. You can also request a repeat prescription of the contraceptive pill online by completing a questionnaire. For a GP or a Practice Nurse, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: NHS 111 website if you think you have symptoms. NHS 111 website if you need a test or gov.uk website if you are an essential worker.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP if persists for more than 3 weeks.
Advice: Search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP
Advice: Search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Healthcare Assistant / Practice Nurse.
Advice: Please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Dentist
Advice: Please book an appointment online with your dentist or find a dentist near you: NHS Find Dentist Services.
Who do I see: Practice Nurse.
Advice: Please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Practice Nurse / Family Planning Clinic
Advice: To search for your nearest Family Planning Clinic, please visit the NHS website. Contraception and family planning appointments are available at various times each day. For a Practice Nurse, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment. Routine appointments within 2-4 weeks.
Who do I see: IAPT Services / Counselling / Psychological Therapy
Advice: Visit Westminster Talking Therapies or Westminster MIND, or alternatively please book an appointment with a GP either online or contact reception on 020 7487 5244. Cavendish Health Centre also provide psychological therapy at the practice.
Who do I see: Healthcare Assistant / Practice Nurse (full annual).
Advice: Routine annual clinic appointments reminders will be sent to all our patients with diabetes. Reception staff will direct you to the most appropriate health care professional. Please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacist / GP if persists longer than 7 days or in a career dealing with food or caring for others.
Advice: Search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Health Care Assistant
Advice: Please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: GP
Advice: Please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Health Care Assistant / Practice Nurse
Advice: Please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Turning Point, Talk to Frank, AA
Advice: Please visit either Turning Point (Tel:0207 4375323, alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk, or talktofrank.com, Tel: 0300 1236600, for self-referral help.
Who do I see: GP
Advice: Please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy
Advice: We no longer offer ear syringing for ear wax.Please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment for a referral. There may be a long wait for this on the NHS and you may wish to book with a local private service for microsuction instead. We are unable to make a recommendation.
Who do I see: Health Care Assistant / Practice Nurse.
Advice: Please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment. Appointments for ECGs MUST have been requested by your doctor or other health care professionals.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP if persists for more than 4 weeks or is infected.
Advice: Search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / Family Planning Clinic / GP
Advice: Search for your nearest community pharmacist. To search for your nearest Family Planning/GUM Clinic, please visit the NHS website. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment. Find out more information.
Who do I see: Optometrist / Community Pharmacy / GP if persists for more than 7 days or vision is impaired.
Advice: Search for your nearest community pharmacist, or for your nearest opticians. You can also see your local Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS). For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Urgent Care Centre / A&E if severe.
Advice: Please search for your nearest Urgent Care Centre. If severe, please go to Moorfields or Western Eye Hospital’s A&E departments.
Who do I see: Self certify first 7 days, then routine GP appointment.
Advice: For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment. If you have been discharged from hospital, your hospital team will issue any fit notes for the entire period of your recovery. Please contact the ward staff (even after discharge). Schools should not request a GP letter to confirm absence, this can be written by a parent or guardian.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP if persists for more than 7 days or difficulty breathing.
Advice: Search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Health Care Assistant / Practice Nurse
Advice: Please contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Receptionist
Advice: A medical examination will be booked if necessary. Completion of forms, certificates and medicals are not covered under the NHS. Payment for reports must accompany the request or appointment booking (i.e. in advance). Charges are aligned with the BMA’s guidelines. Please read the form carefully and fill in and sign any parts that you need to complete before you bring the form to the surgery. Allow up to 28 days for the process to be completed, you will be contacted by phone when your form is ready for collection. Please note we do not sign passport forms.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP if it persists
Advice: Search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Self-Care / Community Pharmacy / 111 (if outside practice opening hours).
Advice: Please visit the NHS information home pages. You can also telephone 111 for any non-urgent medical issues or you can search for your nearest community pharmacist.
Who do I see: Sexual Health Clinic (GUM) Clinic.
Advice: To search for your nearest Family Planning/Gum Clinic, please visit the NHS site. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy
Advice: Search for your nearest community pharmacist. Find out more information.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP / Urgent Care Centre if severe.
Advice: Please search for your nearest Urgent Care Centre, or search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / School Nurse
Advice: Please search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a Practice Nurse, please contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment. Find out more information at NHS Choices.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP if headaches are severe and frequent.
Advice: Please search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment. Find out more information at NHS Choices.
Who do I see: Receptionist
Advice: Please attend in person or post the documentation and payment. Holiday Cancellation forms are not covered by the NHS, there will be a charge for this service. Payment for reports must accompany the request or booking (i.e in advance). Charges are aligned with the BMA’s guidelines. Please read the form carefully and fill in and sign any parts that you need to complete before you bring the form to the surgery. We ask that you allow up to 28 days for the process to be completed, you will be contacted by phone when your form is ready for collection.
Who do I see: IAPT / GP
Advice: Please visit Westminster Talking Therapies for IAPT services. For a GP, either book an appointment online or contact reception on 020 7487 5244. Find out more information here.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP if it persists.
Advice: Please search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment. Find out more information at NHS Choices.
Who do I see: Practice Nurse.
Advice: Please contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment. Find out more information at NHS Choices.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / Podiatrist / Practice Nurse (dressing) / GP (infected).
Advice: Please search for your nearest podiatrist, or search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP or a Practice Nurse, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment. Find out more information at NHS Choices.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP if severely infected
Advice: Please search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, find out more information at NHS Choices.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP / IAPT Services
Advice: Please visit Westminster Talking Therapies for IAPT services. If you are experiencing insomnia symptoms for the first time, please see for your nearest community pharmacist or to see a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment or visit Back on Track Services.
Who do I see: Receptionist
Advice: Completion of forms, certificates and medicals are not covered under the NHS. This is a list of our fees. Please read the form carefully and fill in and sign any parts that you need to complete before you bring the form to the surgery. We ask that you allow up to 28 days for the process to be completed, you will be contacted by phone when your form is ready for collection.
Who do I see: Receptionist
Advice: Completion of forms, certificates and medicals are not covered under the NHS. This is a list of our fees. Please read the form carefully and fill in and sign any parts that you need to complete before you bring the form to the surgery. We ask that you allow up to 28 days for the process to be completed, you will be contacted by phone when your form is ready for collection.
Who do I see: Clinical Pharmacist
Advice: Please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / Practice Nurse / GP / Family Planning Clinic
Advice: For emergency contraception, contraception, please find your nearest community pharmacy. For other issues please search for your nearest family planning clinic, or please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244.
Who do I see: GP
Advice: For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / Dentist
Advice: Please book an appointment with your dentist or find a dentist near you: NHS Find Dentist Services, or you may find your nearest community pharmacy.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy
Advice: Please search for your nearest community pharmacist.
Who do I see: Musculoskeletal Service / Community Pharmacy
Advice: Visit Health Share London to self-refer to the Physiotherapy Service. Search for your nearest community pharmacist
Who do I see: Urgent Care Centre / 111 Service if severe / GP if several episodes
Advice: Pinch nose (do not lean head back) and apply ice pack. Find out more information about nose bleeds. If concerned, you can ring 111, or search for your nearest Urgent Care Centre. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: IAPT / Psychological Therapy / GP
Advice: Please visit Westminster Talking Therapies for IAPT services, or please book an appointment either online or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment. Cavendish Health Centre also provide psychological therapy at the practice.
Who do I see: We do not sign passport forms
Advice: Passport forms are not covered by the NHS. Find out more here.
Who do I see: GP
Advice: Please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: IAPT / GP
Advice: Please visit Westminster Talking Therapies for IAPT services, or please book an appointment online or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Practice Nurse
Advice: Please contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: GP / Hospital Antenatal Clinic
Advice: You can self-refer to St Mary’s Hospital or University College Hospital for your antenatal care. You can also download the Mum and Baby App for North West London.
Who do I see: Receptionist / Online
Advice: A GP appointment may be needed but please contact reception on 020 7487 5244 who will help direct your specific prescription query. Alternatively, if you would like to order or cancel your repeat prescriptions, you can do this by using our online services.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP if persists
Advice: Please search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP if persists
Advice: Please search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Secretary (existing referrals) / GP (new referrals)
Advice: Please contact the secretary on 020 7487 5244 to discuss existing referrals or book an appointment with the GP for a new referral. Please note that you can self-refer to some services without seeing a GP. Click here for more information.
Who do I see: Tavistock Relationships / Relate
Who do I see: Health Care Assistant
Advice: Please contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: GP
Advice: Please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Sexual Health Clinic
Advice: Please book an appointment with one of the local sexual health clinics to get free testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). You can also obtain free home STI testing.
Who do I see: Practice Nurse
Advice: Please contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Self certify first 7 days, then routine GP appointment.
Advice: For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment. If you have been discharged from hospital, your hospital team will issue any fit notes for the entire period of your recovery. Please contact the ward staff (even after discharge). Schools should not request a GP letter to confirm absence, this can be written by a parent or guardian.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy
Advice: Please search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment. Click here for more information on how to treat this.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP if it persists
Advice: Please search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Kick it Stop Smoking Service / Smoking Cessation Advisor
Advice: For a Smoking Cessation Advisor appointment, please contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment or visit Kick it Stop Smoking service for more information. Find out more from the NHS advice page.
Who do I see: Optometrist / Community Pharmacy / GP if persists for more than 7 days or vision is impaired.
Advice: Search for your nearest community pharmacist, or for your nearest opticians. You can also see your local Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS). For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Sexual Health Clinics / GP
Advice: To search for your nearest GUM Clinic, please visit the NHS website. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP if it persists
Advice: Please search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment. Click here for more information on how to treat this.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP if it persists over 7 days / Urgent Care Centre
Advice: Please search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment. If it is a suspected serious injury, please search for your nearest Urgent Care Centre.
Who do I see: Practice Nurse / HCA
Advice: Due to COVID-19, we are currently not performing spirometry.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP if severely infected
Advice: Please search for your nearest community pharmacist.
Who do I see: Optometrist / Community Pharmacy / GP if persists for more than 7 days or vision is impaired.
Advice: Search for your nearest community pharmacist, or for your nearest opticians. You can also see your local Minor Eye Conditions Service (MECS). For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy
Advice: Please search for your nearest community pharmacist.
Who do I see: Practice Nurse
Advice: Please contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy
Advice: Please search for your nearest community pharmacist. You can also use NHS Choices page for more information.
Who do I see: Self-Help Advice / Community Pharmacy / Practice Nurse / Sexual Health Clinic / 10 Hammersmith Broadway
Advice: Please find information on the NHS choices help page. You can also search for your nearest community pharmacist. If you are sexually active, please visit your nearest sexual health clinic.
Who do I see: Practice Nurse
Advice: Please book an appointment with the Practice Nurse at least 6 weeks before travelling. Contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: NUPAS / BPAS / Marie Stopes
Who do I see: GP
Advice: Please bring a urine sample into the consultation; sterile pots available at reception. Please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Practice Nurse / Sexual Health Clinic / GP
Advice: You can search for your nearest Community Pharmacist. If you are sexually active you can also visit either your local sexual health clinic, or for an appointment please book online or contact reception on 020 7487 5244.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP if painful or it is a recurring issue
Advice: Please search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Practice Nurse
Advice: Please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP
Advice: Please search for your nearest community pharmacist. For babies and toddlers, or if it persists longer than 1 week in children and adults, please see the GP by booking an appointment online, or by contacting reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
Who do I see: Community Pharmacy / GP if painful or it is a recurring issue.
Advice: Please search for your nearest community pharmacist. For a GP, please book an appointment online, or contact reception on 020 7487 5244 to make an appointment.
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The NHS is very busy responding to the coronavirus pandemic and, at certain times, your GP practice may need to prioritise patients with the most urgent health needs.
If you have a health issue that isn’t urgent, advice is available on the NHS website (www.nhs.uk) or NHS app or you can speak to your local pharmacist. You can also use send us a message via the online system. If you aren’t sure what to do, please contact the practice who can advise you on how to get the help you need.
Please continue to attend tests, vaccinations and screening when invited.
www.111.nhs.uk is also available 24/7 for urgent health advice or by calling 111, and 999 is for emergencies.