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TB or not TB? That is the question at St Mary’s
Frailty and falls: a specialist service
Rapid recovery for hips and knees
New guide for renal patients
Myth buster: when should infants be weaned?
Paediatrics webchat and hotline
Myth buster: Choose and Book
How to get the results you want
Are you being heard? Direct access for hearing impairment
‘Closing the care gap’: the NWL Integrated Care Pilot
Action for heart and stroke risks
One of London’s most famous doors reopens
Your local specialist service for MRKH
CPD: what works for your practice?
Contact

Please contact Clare Ross, our Darzi Fellow, with any queries or suggestions for this service bulletin, or any issues regarding GP accessibility to the Trust and how we can best work together.
Clare Ross
Tel: 020 3312 2320
Clare.ross@imperial.nhs.uk

Useful numbers

Outpatient booking centre – Charing Cross
Tel: 020 3313 5000
Fax: 020 3311 7564
Monday to Friday, 09.00 to 17.00 

Outpatient booking centre – Hammersmith
Tel: 020 3313 4877
Fax: 020 3313 8383
Monday to Thursday, 08.30 to 16.30
Friday, 08.30 to 16.00

Outpatient booking centre – St Mary’s and Western Eye
Tel: 020 3312 6000
Fax: 020 3312 1894
smhappointments@imperial.nhs.uk
Monday to Friday, 08.30 to 17.00

Outpatient booking centre – Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea
Gynaecology
Tel: 020 3313 5118
Fax: 020 3313 8531
Monday to Friday, 09.00 to 16.00.

Obstetrics
Tel: 020 3313 3526
Fax: 020 3313 8518
Monday to Friday, 08.30 to 16.30. 

Patient transport – Charing Cross, Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea
Tel: 020 3313 0044 

Patient transport – St Mary’s and Western Eye
Tel: 020 3312 1883 

Pathology (for lab test results)
Tel: 020 3313 5353 

Accident and emergency
Tel: 020 3313 8888 and bleep 5138


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Main Articles
TB or not TB? That is the question at St Mary’s
St Mary's Hospital
 
Plombage picture

GPs in NW London see more cases of TB than in any other area of the country. St Mary’s TB service is one of only two clinics in London to achieve >85% TB treatment completion since 2006. Find out more about the service, the patient pathway and what to look out for.
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Frailty and falls: a specialist service
Charing Cross Hospital
 
Charing Cross patient undergoing stair physio

Half of people aged over 80 fall every year. The Falls Clinic at Charing Cross Hospital takes a multidisciplinary approach to prevent older people from falling and incurring serious injury.
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Rapid recovery for hips and knees
Charing Cross Hospital
 
The joint school team in action

Our orthopaedic surgery unit is helping patients get back on their feet more quickly. An innovative ‘joint school’ service has reduced hospital stays from seven days to just four and reduced postoperative complications.
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New guide for renal patients
Hammersmith Hospital
 
Corey Bailey explaining his treatment
GPs managing patients with chronic kidney disease now have a new information resource to share with their patients.
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Myth buster: when should infants be weaned?
Quick guide to weaning
 
When to wean infants?

When should infants be weaned? What about premature babies? Our paeds team clear up common concerns.
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Myth buster: Choose and Book
All sites
 
Mark Bridgeford

Choose and Book is changing all the time with more services coming on stream. Find the latest facts here.
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Are you being heard? Direct access for hearing impairment
Charing Cross and St Mary’s Hospitals
 
Hearing problems can stem from the workplace

One in every seven patients attending GP surgeries are deaf, hard of hearing or suffering with tinnitus. Early intervention and referral can vastly improve quality of life. Advances in technology mean that conditions once untreatable can now be addressed
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Action for heart and stroke risks
Westminster specific service
 
MyAction
Would your patients at a high risk of heart attack or stroke benefit from additional support to change lifestyles and improve vascular health? Our MyAction programme is a unique preventative vascular health programme for families. It is helping to save lives and offers excellent value for money.
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One of London’s most famous doors reopens
St Mary's Hospital
 
Private Healthcare
GPs referring to private healthcare will be interested to learn that the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s  – one of the UK’s most discrete and prestigious private healthcare facilities – will reopen its doors in February.
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