Affiliated to King’s College & Imperial College medical Schools.
We are a teaching and training practice for hospital doctors and future GPs
Education is not an add on but the foundation of service provision
Click here to read letter from Professor Amanda Howe, President of Royal College of General Practitioners ( RCGP)
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Find your NHS number online
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North West London Sexual Health and contraceptive services
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Cancer detection
Early diagnosis of cancer offers opportunities for the best outcome, and the NHS is encouraging anyone with symptoms they are concerned about to contact their GP practice.
We are able to offer video consultations and telephone triage as well as face-to-face appointments.
If you have any symptoms that you are worried may be a sign of cancer, please contact us by email or phone.
Click here to learn about cancer screening programmes.
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Blood tests for adults – From 01.06.2021
For convenience of our patients , blood test clinic has been set up in the surgery. Phlebotomist is available on following days/times:
Mondays- 2-5pm
Wednesdays- 830am -1130am
Fridays- 830am -1130am
Please ring or email us to book an appointment.
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Please note: Patients are required to wear a face mask while visiting surgery if they have cough or cold
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24.03.25
Article in Pulse regarding withdrawal of termination notices
06.03.2025
NHSE has withdrawn its termination notices
03.03.25
Letter to Rt .Hon. Wes Streeting , Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from Rt.Hon. MP John McDonnell
Article in GP newspaper ‘Pulse’
28.02.25
Advice leaflet on access to local mental health services by students from imperial medical school
18.9.24
Surgery is approved by NHS England as a training practice for hospital doctors and trainee GPs.
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From 31.01.24 , patients can see any local pharmacist for following conditions.
Please click here to find a local pharmacy. 90% pharmacies are participating.
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Clinical pathway |
Age range |
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Earache ( with or without fever) |
1 to 17 years |
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Impetigo |
1 year and over |
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Infected insect bites |
1 year and over |
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Shingles |
18 years and over |
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Sinusitis |
12 years and over |
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Sore throat( with or without fever) |
5 years and over |
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Uncomplicated urinary tract infections |
Women 16-64 years |
12.04.2024
We are currently experiencing a rise in measles in the borough. Measles is an infection that spreads very easily and can cause serious problems in some people. Please call your GP surgery before you walk in or call NHS 111 for advice if you suspect, you or your child may have measles. If you need to visit A&E in an emergency, it is important that you inform the team as soon as you arrive to reduce transmitting the virus to other at-risk patients in the waiting area. For more advice including signs and symptoms, please visit the NHS webpage
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05.04.2024
COVID Spring Campaign
COVID-19 vaccination from 22 April 2024 to 30 June 2024. There are 21 pharmacies in Hillingdon participating in the Spring Campaign.
Where the site offers appointments via National Booking System (NBS), patients will be able to book their COVID-19 vaccination via NBS from Monday 15 April 2024 for vaccination week commencing 22 April 2024.
Those eligible for vaccinations in Spring 2024 are:
* Adults aged 75 years and over.
* Residents in care homes for older adults.
* Individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed
Click here for details of local pharmacies that offer Covid vaccine
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31.01.24- New Pharmacy First Advanced Service
From 31.01.24 , patients can see any local pharmacist for following conditions.
Please click here to find a local pharmacy. 90% pharmacies are participating.
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Clinical pathway |
Age range |
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Earache ( with or without fever) |
1 to 17 years |
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Impetigo |
1 year and over |
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Infected insect bites |
1 year and over |
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Shingles |
18 years and over |
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Sinusitis |
12 years and over |
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Sore throat( with or without fever) |
5 years and over |
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Uncomplicated urinary tract infections |
Women 16-64 years |
22.01.24
Strep A and Scarlet fever – Information for parents from RCPCH
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Your next poo could save your life
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.
West London lung health check
Patients who fit into the following criteria can call 020 7351 8607 to make an appointment for a lung health check with respiratory nurses at the Royal Brompton Hospital
- Aged 55 – 74+364 days
- Smoker or ex smoker
- Doesn’t have a current cancer
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05.03.21
Free sharps box collection service
Hillingdon Council are providing a free sharps box collection service available to all Hillingdon residents. This collection will be for non-cyto sharps and will include needles, syringes, lancets and needle clippers.
To book a monthly or one-off collection of full sharps box(es), residents can call on 01895 556000.
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Early day motion at the parliament-28.11.2022
Letter from National data guardian
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4.2.2021
Please see our response to comments on Hillingdon CCG website published on 22.1.2021
28.01.2021
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
What is the GDPR?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new, Europe-wide law that replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 in the UK. It is part of the wider package of reform to the data protection landscape that includes the Data Protection Bill. The GDPR sets out requirements for how organisations need to handle personal data from 25 May 2018.
The GDPR was designed to harmonise data privacy laws across Europe. The aim is to protect citizens from privacy and data breaches.The current Data Protection Act dates from the 1990s when organisations held much less data on individuals. As the amount of data held has increased and technology has advanced, so has the risk of data breaches. The GDPR aims to address gaps in previous legislation.The key principles of the Data Protection Act 1998 remain unchanged, but some areas of legislation have been strengthened. Click here to learn what’s new.
Like the Data Protection Act 1998 , the GDPR applies to ‘controllers’ and ‘processors’ of data – a controller says how and why personal data is processed and the processor acts on the controller’s behalf. General Practices are data controllers. West London Medical Centre has always shown absolute commitment for data protection and will continue to do so by strictly adhering to new regulations.
Click here for more information.
Our Data Protection Officer is Mrs Yvonne Blowfield, Practice Manager
Please visit practice news to read the privacy notice.
If you wish to register with us, please visit information .
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Patient access
You can now book/cancel your appointments and order repeat prescriptions online.
The Practice is pleased to provide patients with access to its Clinical System via a Secure Web Interface.
To use EMIS Patient Access you will need a Practice ID number and Access ID number which is obtained from the practice, and, in conjunction with a password, will be unique to you.
Please obtain a registration letter, from West London Medical Centre, and then register on the Patient Access website, using the information in the registration letter.
Please note that if you register directly online, without the registration letter, then you cannot use all the Patient Access features.
Please bring a photo ID (passport or driving license) to the surgery in order to obtain your ID numbers & password.
If you already have your log in details, click on the link below to access the online service.
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Dr S S Shashikanth
West London Medical Centre
20 Pield Heath Road , Hillingdon, UB8 3NG
Tel: 01895 233 881 Website: www.londongp.org.uk Email: admin@londongp.org.uk
Care Quality Commission ( CQC) Provider ID : 1-19972420 Location ID:1-520122034
We are the local surgery to The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Bus routes – U2 , U4 and U7 Bus stop – Pield Heath Road
If you need to see a GP at anytime other than normal surgery opening hours, you will need to ring the out of hours GP service on 0300 130 3018 Please note that GPs are not medico-legally covered to deal with dental problems. If you have a dental emergency please contact your dentist for advice. If you do not have a dentist , you may ring NHS111.
We hope that this website will be used as a resource by patients and others who want to know more about the practice, or how best to make use of our services. We hope that it will also offer useful links to other resources, both within and outside the NHS. We are always open to comments, and would greatly welcome suggestions for improvement.
‘Give someone gift of life’
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