Welcome to the Bromley by Bow Health Partnership
Welcome to the Bromley by Bow Health Partnership. We have been working in this part of London for over 25 years. We originally started out life in a small lock-up shop in Whitehorse Lane with only a few patients and a surgery with an outside toilet!
Over the years we have grown and now we run three surgeries – Bromley by Bow, XX Place and St Andrews, which is also a Walk in Centre. Between the three surgeries we work with around 27,000 patients.
We have been shaped by the communities we work with and have developed a range of initiatives and ways of working which take account of the economic and social inequalities many of our neighbourhoods experience. We operate according to a clear set of Values, Mission and Vision which you can read here.
We are committed to working in partnership with all our patients. We welcome your views, value your feedback and invite your participation so that, together, we can improve the health of individuals and communities.
We hope that you find the information on this website to be useful. Please take the opportunity to use the resources contained here. They can help you to understand your health and give you the confidence to improve your wellbeing.
We believe that, as patients, we are all experts in our own health. So
- First – self-care. Looking after ourselves, being confident about our health choices
- Second – self-care. Finding resources to help ourselves. Check out the online resources on this website for checking symptoms and managing when we are unwell
- Third – online help. Use our online consultation tool for help and advice
- Fourth – call. If you are still unsure, just call one of our Patient Assistants to seek further advice.
- Fifth – come in. Only come in when you really need to. Remember that most times we can look after ourselves.
We would welcome any suggestions you have about how to improve the information we have here.
Just let us know.
Health advice and self-management
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There are a range of options available to help manage your health. Here are some suggested services that may answer some of the questions you have, or point you in the right direction for someone that can help. Other services include on-line help, community based support, and holistic health advice.
Check your symptoms online
There is some useful help available online to help you decide the best way to manage your health.
Find your local pharmacist
We work closely with our local pharmacists, who are able to help you with a range of enquiries from minor ailments to medication reviews and help to stop smoking. Please find your local pharmacist and find out how they can help!
NHS Health Check
The NHS Health Check is your chance to get your free midlife MOT. For adults in England aged 40-74 without a pre-existing condition, it checks your circulatory and vascular health and what your risk of getting a disabling vascular disease is. This guide explains what happens at the check, when and how you get one, and how to lower your risk.
NHS 111 Service
111 is the NHS non-emergency number. It’s fast, easy and free. Call 111 and speak to a highly trained adviser, supported by healthcare professionals. NHS 111 is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Calls are free from landlines and mobile phones.
Web GP
Web GP is an online consultation method that provides self-help tools to support you manage a range of your own needs without visiting the practice. Simply fill in a questionnaire which your GP will receive and respond to within one working day.
Go to Web GP:
Bromley By Bow Health Centre
St Andrews Health Centre
XX Place Health Centre
Online services
Web GP
Web GP is an online consultation method that provides self-help tools to support you manage a range of your own needs without visiting the practice. Simply fill in a questionnaire which your GP will receive and respond to within one working day.
Go to Web GP:
Bromley By Bow Health Centre
St Andrews Health Centre
XX Place Health Centre
Patient Access
The Patient Access service allows you to book and cancel appointments and order repeat prescriptions online. To register, please drop into the surgery with a form of photo identification and the Patient Assistant Team will organise your registration.
Health Touch Mobile App
Health Touch is a tele-health application, which contributes to the innovation of health care using the latest mobile technology. Health Touch is a cloud based application that can be downloaded on any Apple or Android phone or device. It uses web and mobile technologies to bring together healthcare professionals and patients. Find out more
What’s going on in Tower Hamlets
The Bromley by Bow Centre
The Bromley by Bow Centre works in close partnership with BBBHP and offer a range of activities to support the health and well-being of you and your local community. You can volunteer, access employment support and join healthy living classes as well as find support for welfare and benefit issues.
XX Place
- Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) fortnightly
- Baby clinic on (thursday afternoons)
- Patient Participation Group (PPG)
- social prescribing
- Hepfree study and East London Genes & Health study
- Psychologist and dieticians
- fit4life hub
- Chatter Natter
- ESOL
Also diabetes specialist nurse comes every 2 weeks to see poorly controlled diabetic pts. and Mental health nurse every week for support of MH patients.
St Andrews
- Parents Coffee mornings
- ESOL for Health
- Patient Participation Group (PPG)
Finding out what is happening near you
Here are some useful links to Tower Hamlets based services that can support you to live a healthy life in a range of different ways, from exercises classes to support with housing issues.
ideastore.co.uk
towerhamletslocallinks.org.uk
towerhamlets.gov.uk
towerhamletsccg.nhs.uk