Men’s Only Health and Wellbeing Group, a great new initiative to support men’s health in our locality.
Come Correct condom distribution scheme
Click here to register online for a condom card and chlamydia screening Tower Hamlets – Come Correct
Tower Hamlets – Come Correct
Free condoms are available in various locations throughout Tower Hamlets. See the map below to find your closest outlet, discover what services they offer and when they are open.
comecorrect.org.uk
Free Chlamydia and STI Test • Freetest.me
Because Chlamydia is so common, it is recommended that anyone under 25 that is sexually active should get a chlamydia test once a year, or whenever they change sexual partner.. Over 24? Free postal chlamydia tests for over 24s are increasingly available across England, so you may still be eligible for a free STI test in your area!. There are often no symptoms of chlamydia, so you may have an …
www.freetest.me
Compass: Tower Hamlets School Health Service provider
Compass | UK Charity Providing Health & Wellbeing Services
The service is school nurse-led to support children, young people and their families in the borough.
Compass is for all school-aged children (age 5 to 19, or up to 25 for individuals with SEND) and their parents/carers.
COMPASS can support with:
- Healthy eating
- Dental health
- Friendships and relationships
- Body image
- Bullying
- School anxiety
- Fussy eating
- Sleep
- Mental health
- Sexual health
- Long-term health conditions
- Parenting
- Behaviour
- Continence
- Referral onto additional services
To learn more about the service, and to access the referral form, visit the Compass Tower Hamlets School Health Service page: https://www.compass-uk.org/services/compass-tower-hamlets-school-health-service/
How to contact the service
The Compass School Health Service can be contacted as follows:
Email: compass.towerhamletsyphws@nhs.net
Phone: 020 3954 0091
Address: Tower Hamlets School Health Service
Eastside Youth Centre
6 Parnell Road
London E3 2RB
Opening hours
Monday8:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday8:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday8:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday8:00am – 5:00pm
Friday8:00am – 5:00pm
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.