Clinics and Services

Our doctors provide a full range of maternity services including pre-conception counselling, antenatal care and follow-up after delivery.

We have a self-service Blood Pressure machine in the Floor 3 Reception area. You can access this during our opening hours and use it to check your own blood pressure and record the result in your records. If your GP, Physician Associate or Nurse feels your average blood pressure readings are high we can also offer you a 24 Hour Blood Pressure recording machine at the practice which gives a more accurate readings over a 24 hour period.

We offer pre-bookable morning blood test clinic appointments daily (Monday to Friday) from 8am at the practice. Please book these via reception or online. You must ensure you have a blood test request form from the clinician at the practice who has asked you to have the blood test.

Cancer - Early Detection

Early detection is the detection of cancer at the earliest possible stage, when the disease is easiest to treat. It looks to identify those few people at risk of cancer within the larger population, and to assess the best possible actions for those people. 

Cancers can be detected earlier through a number of approaches, including screening programmes across the population, surveillance of people with high-risk conditions and individual personal education to support early diagnosis of warning signs for potential cancer. You may be concerned about adding extra pressure to the NHS or your safety. 

Whether you, or a loved one, has a routine cancer screening appointment, or a potential cancer symptom, our message is clear, we are open. Our GPs are now offering phone or video appointments and have also put in place new measures for your safety if you need to come into the practice.

Learn more about bowel cancer screening

Learn more about London breast screening

Learn more about cervical screening

Our nursing team carry out cervical smear tests on-site. A routine smear test is recommended every 3 years for all women aged 25 to 49 years and every 5 years for all women aged 25 to 65 who are, or have been, sexually active (unless otherwise advised due to abnormal results). Please ask for a specific smear appointment with one of our nurses when calling or book online.

If you have had a recent smear test abroad please bring in a copy of the result so we can update your records and establish a recall programme in the UK.

The Health Visitors based in the Community generally carry out full child development services from birth until school age.

At Putneymead when your baby is 8 weeks old a GP will need to carry out the 8 week development check. We do this check at 8 weeks (instead of 6 weeks in some other areas) to tie in with your baby’s first set of immunisations and your own postnatal check to save you having to come back several times at a time when you may be particularly tired or busy.

You will be contacted by a member of our admin team by the time your baby is 5 weeks old to book this 8 week check appointment.

If you wish to book this yourself please ask specifically for an '8 week mother, baby and vaccination check' appointment so we know to book all 3 appointments on the same visit.

Our practice nurses give all routine childhood immunisations. Please book an appointment with the nurses when these are due for your baby. The immunisation schedule should be in your baby’s red book but please ask one of the nurses if you are not sure. You can book a telephone appointment with nurses for such queries.

BCG vaccine is given to those babies who are likely to come into contact with someone with tuberculosis (TB). This includes babies who live in an area with high rates of TB or babies with parents or grandparents from a country with high rates of TB.

At Putneymead we offer a full range of family planning and contraception advice and services including emergency contraception. We provide the long-acting injectable contraception as well as the subdermal implanon and intra-uterine devices such as the Mirena on-site.

Private Clinic

Within the building we do also host a Private Clinic run by CEDA Healthcare for Private Ear wax removal.

Learn more on the CEDA website

If your GP or Physician Associate feels you can need an ECG (heart rhythm tracing) you can book this via the reception desk. Alternatively your GP may give you a request form to have an ECG done at Queen Mary’s Hospital.

There are many places you can turn to.

Get help in a crisis

Whilst we don't offer NHS Osteopathy on-site, you are eligible for reduced cost Osteopathy in the building. Please speak to a GP or Physician Associate if you would like further information.

First Contact Physiotherapist

What is First Contact Physiotherapy?

First Contact Physiotherapists (FCP) are experienced musculoskeletal physiotherapists, who have a number of years experience working in MSK. This means that a patient can see an experienced physiotherapist for an assessment directly at their GP practice, without needing to see a GP or be referred externally.

How to access an FCP appointment?

You do not need to see a GP to get an appointment with an FCP, simply call Putneymead, explain that you are having a MSK problem (joint, bone, muscle, tendon), and they can book you directly with one of the FCP team. You can also ask your GP, or any other practitioner at Putneymead, to do this if you have an appointment with them about something else. There is no referral form required.

What do expect during your FCP appointment?

Your FCP will take a detailed history of your condition, they may also question some of your past medical history to gain a better understanding of your symptoms and to rule out other pathology. They will then assess the joint at fault to aim to gain a detailed diagnosis, which will be explained to you.

The FCP and yourself will then come up with a plan moving forwards, generally this is some rehabilitation exercises and advice on management of your condition. The FCP service is not a physiotherapy treatment service, but your FCP will always make you aware to return if your condition is not getting better.

The pneumococcal vaccine helps protect against serious illnesses like pneumonia and meningitis. It's recommended for people at higher risk of these illnesses, such as babies and adults aged 65 and over.

Learn more about the pneumococcal vaccine

A vaccine to help protect against RSV is available on the NHS.

You'll be able to get the vaccine if:

• you're aged 75 to 79
• you're 28 weeks pregnant or more – this will help protect your baby for the first few months after they're born

If you're aged 75 to 79, you will be offered a vaccine at Putneymead.  Please wait to be contacted.

You can speak to your maternity service or GP surgery about getting your RSV vaccination if you're 28 weeks pregnant or more.

As well as cervical cancer screening we offer cardiovascular screening tests to all our patients over 45 years to help prevent heart attacks or strokes. You will receive a letter in the post offering you blood tests and a follow-up appointment to review the results but please speak to one of the doctors about this service if you would like to have health screening.

Our nurses also offer advice on a wide variety of health topics such as drugs, alcohol, diet, cholesterol, exercise, smoking and weight loss.

We offer a full range of travel vaccines at the Practice.

Visit our Travel Services page

Our nurses and health care assistants can support you and give you information if you trying to lose weight. We can also refer patients with certain medical conditions to a local gym for specific classes to help weight loss. Please speak to our Health Care Assistants or nurses for further details and support.