December Appointment Data
The Tower Hamlets C-Card Scheme
The Tower Hamlets C-Card Scheme is for Young Persons aged between 13 and 24.
If you are under 16, you can register for a c-card by visiting your nearest outlet that provides the registration service. Click here to find an outlet near you.
If you are 16 or over, you have the option to register online or at an outlet.
All information is confidential, and we will not store your postcode or email address, these will be deleted as soon as your registration is complete.
Men’s Only Health and Wellbeing Group
Men’s Only Health and Wellbeing Group, a great new initiative to support men’s health in our locality.
City Square Medical Group will be closed on the following dates (online e-consultations will not be open on the following dates as well):
25/12/2024, 26/12/2024, and 01/01/2025
(We are open as usual on 24/12/2024, 27/12/2024, 30/12/2024 and 31/12/2024)
When we are closed:
For medical advice please call 111 or go to https://111.nhs.uk/ For emergencies, call 999. You can find where to get urgent help for mental health here – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Pharmacies open on the 25th December 2024 and 1st January 2025:
Green Light Pharmacy
St Andrews Health Centre, 2 Hannaford Walk, Bromley-by-Bow E3 3FF
Telephone: 020 3069 7858
25/12/2024 – 11:00-16:00
26/12/2024 – 11:00-16:00
01/01/2025 – 11:00-16:00
Barkantine Pharmacy
Barkantine Primary Cc, 121 Westferry Road, Millwall E14 8JH
Telephone: 020 7987 4313
25/12/2024 – 10:00-18:00
26/12/2024 – 11:00-15:00
01/01/2025 – 11:00-15:00
Shantys Chemist
253 Whitechapel Rd E1 1DB
Telephone: 020 7247 2140
25/12/2024 – 10:00-18:00
26/12/2024 – 12:00-16:00
01/01/2025 – 12:00-16:00
There will be some pharmacies who normally open who may be closed or closing early on Tuesday 24th December 2024 and Tuesday 31st December 2024. If you are unsure, please visit www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-pharmacy or call NHS 111.
Women Only Health Event
Woodgrange Medical Practice have been selected to host a primary care outreach team for Newham
Woodgrange Medical Practice have been selected to host a primary care outreach team for Newham, Waltham Forest & Tower Hamlets for the Autumn/Winter Seasonal Vaccination Programme 2024/25.
On Tuesday 29th October (1:00 pm – 4:00 pm) they will be hosting a Winter Wellness Session at Tower Hamlets Town Hall. Please see the poster attached for more information.
You are eligible for both the COVID and flu vaccines if you:
- are aged 65 or over (including those who will be 65 by 31 March 2025)
- have certain health conditions
- are pregnant
- are a frontline health or social care worker
- live in a care home for older adults
- are frontline healthcare workers
Other care home residents, carers and people who live with someone who has a weakened immune system can also get the flu vaccine.
Youth Rights in Healthcare
Come Correct condom distribution scheme
Young people, aged 25 years old and under, can register onto this pan-London scheme to obtain free condoms. Visit any of the easy access points (EAPs) displaying the Come Correct logo. There are 65 EAPs in the borough. https://www.compass-uk.org/