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GP and community health services including health visiting.

Breathe Stop Smoking Service is a free Camden & Islington service. Get the support that suits you best to stop smoking, including tips to stop by yourself, personalised help from a specialist advisor online or over the phone, and face-to-face support in Islington (and Camden) throughout…

Pre-booked 1:1 breastfeeding support appointments To book, or to arrange alternative telephone support, video call or home visit appointments (limited availability on a case-by-case basis), call Islington Breastfeeding Peer Support Service on 020 3316 8439 and leave a message. For urgent or wider health concerns contact midwifery…

Pre-booked 1:1 breastfeeding support appointments To book, or to arrange alternative telephone support, video call or home visit appointments (limited availability on a case-by-case basis), call Islington Breastfeeding Peer Support Service on 020 3316 8439 and leave a message. For urgent or wider health concerns contact midwifery…

Meet with our breastfeeding supporters to talk through all your questions about feeding and caring for your newborn when he or she arrives. All Islington residents have access to free online courses at Solihull Our Place. These are based on the Solihull Approach to parenting…

Free breastfeeding support group with Sherridan for information and support with feeding your baby, and an opportunity to (virtually) meet other local mums.

Join us for a virtual cuppa and a chat - a great opportunity to meet other mums and babies and share your experiences of all things feeding and parenting. Trained breastfeeding volunteers are on hand to share lots of information and resources on feeding and…

Finsbury Health Centre provides a range of services for the local community including: Child health (including hearing tests); Special Needs dental clinic; district nurse; health visitor; GP's surgeries; physiotherapy; podiatrist; speech therapy; Michael Palin stammering centre; family planning (including cervical smears and pregnancy testing) -…

Ante-natal, child health, including baby clinic, neo-natal hearing tests. Community dental clinics, district nurse, health visitor, podiatrist, post-natal. Child psychologist for children 0 -11 years old by appointment. For GP's Services call 020 7619 6670. Please ring for details of other clinics.

HIV and AIDS project offering training, information and prevention work.

Regular local postnatal groups for new mothers, breastfeeding support and antenatal classes. Also various support groups including Caesarean/VBAC, home birth and breastfeeding. Breast pump and valley cushion hire. Information and advice during pregnancy, birth and afterwards. For details of local antenatal classes visit the nct…

This service is provided across Islington for all members of the community who are healthy carriers of an unusual haemoglobin and for individuals and families affected by major haemoglobin disorders such as sickle cell disease and thalassaemia major. Services include counselling, dental services, contraception, pre-…

GP and community health services, including health visiting.

Contacts from the health visiting service are mostly being managed as telephone assessments at the moment. If you need to speak with a health visitor there are 3 ‘duty’ telephone numbers available, 9am to 5pm.   Please note that childhood immunisations continue as normal. The Bright…

Healthy Start - Covid-19 Update Healthy Start - Covid-19 FAQs Healthy Start is a Department of Health funded scheme which provides low-income families and pregnant women with free vouchers every week. These vouchers can be spent on milk, plain fresh and frozen vegetables, first infant…

Antenatal by appointments (via the Whittington Hospital), child health (including baby clinic, toddler clinic, BCG injections by appointments, hearing tests, breastfeeding support group, first time mothers group (booked sessions) community dental clinic, district nurse, health visitor, podiatrist, GP's surgeries, Enuresis (bed - wetting clinic) by…

GP and community health services.

Breastfeeding support in Islington is still being provided during the current COVID-19 outbreak, but has to adapt to the changing situation. The information below is current as at September 2020; check our Facebook page for any further updates. In Islington we aim to provide encouragement, support and…

Family Nurse PartnershipThe Family Nurse Partnership is a preventative programme for first time young parents living in Camden, Islington, Haringey and Hackney & City. The programmes primary focus is improving the health and wellbeing of the child and mother in pregnancy, supporting parents understanding of…

Up to 90% of people with mental health conditions live with relatives who provide them with long-term practical and emotional support. Due to common prejudices and misunderstandings about mental health, carers are less likely to discuss caring with friends and family or go to professionals…