If you run into trouble over the festive period and it is not a trip to A&E that you need, don’t panic: if your GP surgery is closed, take a look at ELL’s guide to Christmas medical care across the boroughs:
LEWISHAM
New Cross Medical Centre
40 Goodwood Road
New Cross
SE14 6BL
8am – 8pm Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day; 7am – 10pm all other days.
NHS Walk-in Centre
Waldron Health Centre
Amersham Vale
London
SE8 4BG
8am – 8pm every day of the year.
CROYDON
Edridge Road Community Health Centre
Impact House
2 Edridge Road
Croydon
CR9 1PJ
8am – 8pm every day of the year.
Urgent Care Centre at Croydon University Hospital
530 London Road
CR7 7YE
24 hours a day every day of the year.
Run by Virgin Care. Minor illness or urgent medical problem (such as a sprain, cut or simple limb injury, which is not life-threatening but needs urgent attention).
HACKNEY
Hackney NHS Walk-In Centre
Homerton University Hospital
E9 6SR
9am – 10pm bank holidays and weekends, 8am – 10pm Monday – Friday.
TOWER HAMLETS
St Andrews Walk-In Centre
1-3 Birchdown House
Devons Road
Bow
E3 3NS
8am – 8pm every day of the year.
Barkantine Practice
121 Westferry Road
Isle of Dogs
E14 8JH
8am – 8pm every day of the year.