We are a long established NHS medical practice in the heart of North Battersea close to Clapham Junction station. We provide a professional and family friendly service to our patients in modern and well equipped premises. The surgery is situated at ground floor level with easy wheelchair access.
We offer the very best care to our patients at all times with highly skilled medical professionals and friendly helpful reception staff.
Most of our doctors, nurses and receptionists live locally and have worked in the practice for over 10 years.
We pride ourselves on providing continuity of care and getting to know our patients and their families well.
If you are suffering from:
A physiotherapist can help to assess and manage your condition without the need to see a GP first. There are three ways to access a physiotherapist.
At The Falcon Road Medical Centre you have access to a First Contact Physiotherapy service.
Advanced physiotherapists can provide an expert assessment of your case and go on to offer advice on exercise, referral onto more regular physiotherapy (at St John's Therapy Centre/ St. George's University Hospital), scanning or referral onto specialists (Orthopaedics etc) - to book an appointment please see below.
The getUBetter app is provided for patients registered at The Falcon Road Medical Centre. Please click here to access it directly on your phone or webpage
We are supporting a London-wide campaign to encourage more patients to do their free NHS bowel cancer screening home test, which checks if you could have bowel cancer.
People who are the right age are sent a free NHS FIT (Faecal Immunochemical Test) kit every two years. You use it to collect a small sample of poo and post it back to an NHS lab.
The campaign by NHS London, “Your next poo could save your life”, urges more people to use their kit – a message we wholeheartedly endorse.
Screening can help prevent bowel cancer and find it at an early stage when it’s easier to treat. People who complete their screening are 25% less likely to die of bowel cancer.
The kits are for people with no symptoms and most people get the all-clear.
If you are aged 56, 58 (on or after 16 May 2022) or 60 to 74 and we have your correct address, you will be sent a kit every 2 years. Please use it. By April 2025, bowel cancer screening kits will be for everyone aged 50 to 74 in England.
To find out more and hear from other Londoners about their experience of bowel cancer screening, visit www.healthylondon.org/bcs
If you have symptoms of bowel cancer which last for three weeks or more, please contact the practice and ask for an appointment.
Tablets for fear of flying: why we don’t prescribe them any more.
People sometimes ask the doctor or nurse to prescribe diazepam, or similar drugs like lorazepam temazepam or clonazepam, for fear of flying or to help sleep during flights.
Prescribing these drugs is not recommended any more for these reasons:
So we will no longer be providing Diazepam or similar drugs for flight anxiety. Instead please try one of these aviation industry recommended flight anxiety courses.
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NHS Cervical Screening Programme
The Falcon Road Medical Centre has been selected to take part in an important study to test the use of self-sampling in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme in England. Self-sampling is a new method that is being considered for the NHS Cervical Screening Programme; this test can be completed at home and if implemented in the programme could increase access to screening for many people.
Before self-sampling can be offered as part of routine screening, it needs to be tested to ensure that the results are as accurate as the results from a sample taken by a doctor or nurse.
HPValidate is a study that is being led by Public Health England which will compare self-taken samples with samples taken by a doctor or nurse. This will help the NHS Cervical Screening Programme to decide what device/s could be used for HPV self-sampling in the future.
Over the next few weeks The Falcon Road Medical Centre will be inviting patients who are due for routine cervical screening (smear test) to take part in this study; participants will be asked to use one of the self-tests before having their sample taken by the doctor or nurse. If you receive an invitation letter with information about the study please talk to your doctor or nurse when you come in for your appointment and they will be able to provide you with further information.
NHS Digital has issued a Data Provision Notice for Planning and Research
This means we are required to share your information with them unless you tell us not to. To opt out complete the form before 23rd June 2021
NHS Wandsworth MSK app is now available to all patients. It’s a FREE, easy-to-use tool helping you to self-manage your muscle, bone, and joint (MSK) injuries and conditions.
What is getUBetter?
getUBetter is an app helping you self-manage at home, work, and on the move. It can be accessed on a Smartphone or via the Web.
It covers a range of MSK injuries and conditions, like back pain and ankle pain, and is designed to help you recover, understand when and where to seek help, and prevent further injuries.
Who is getUBetter for?
What will I get?
How do I download and use getUBetter?
Need more help? Get in touch: contact@getubetter.com
Request AccessKey information for patients about the coronavirus vaccine
Thank you for all your enquiries about the covid-19 vaccine. Falcon Road Medical Centre is working together with other Battersea practices to set up a Battersea Covid vaccination site at the Junction Health Centre. This is a huge project, but we are hoping that vaccinations will start in early January.
As you may be aware, from the news and government announcements, the vaccine is in limited supply and it will be offered to patients in high risk/priority groups first.
We will contact the relevant patient groups to book appointments as soon as we are able to. You do not need to contact us.
We are sure that you will appreciate that we are working very hard on this at present, and we thank you for your patience.
We will keep our website updated as we receive more details from NHS England.
In the meantime, more information about the Covid vaccine can be found here: https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/
Over 70 and not vaccinated?
We have invited all our patients who are over 70 or Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV) for a COVID-19 vaccination. If you are over 70 or in the CEV group and have not heard from us you can now book your vaccination in two ways.
Please either contact us and let us have your up to date contact details so that we can arrange an appointment for your vaccination, or alternatively to book your vaccination at another location you can now book by visiting www.nhs.uk/covid-vaccination or ringing 119 free. You no longer need a letter.
Advice for parents during coronavirus
Dear Parent/Carer We hope your child is well. We know you want to keep them safe. We want to reassure you that you can and should contact your GP if you have concerns about your child being unwell despite the disruption being caused by the Covid 19 pandemic. Coronavirus is unlikely to make your child seriously unwell but other illnesses or undertreating chronic problems can. You should not delay in contacting your GP if you have concerns about your child's health. Please trust your instincts and call your GP if you are worried. Please call 999 in any life threatening emergency. Together we can keep your children well. The Falcon Rd Medical Centre.
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