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Access Islington Hubs

Many residents are experiencing challenging times – the Access Islington Hubs are here to offer help and support in person at one of three local hubs.

Access Islington Hubs offer a combination of drop in advice and support surgeries, as well as booked advice and guidance sessions.

How we can Access Hubs help

  • Money: Advice about your budget, finance and debt.
  • Food: Food banks locations, food bank vouchers and longer-term support through our community partners.
  • Wellbeing: Connect you to the right support through a range of local services, whatever your wellbeing needs.
  • Housing: Answer your housing queries and put you in touch with services such as Housing Needs, housing repairs and the Citizen’s Advice Bureau.
  • Family: Send you towards services for information and advice about childcare, activities and services for parents and carers, children and young people.
  • Community safety: Help if you’re affected by crime or anti-social behaviour.
  • Work: Support if you are looking for your first job or a new job.

Visiting the Hubs

Book an appointment

To book an appointment, email HereToHelp@islington.gov.uk or call 020 7527 8222 and the service will contact you to arrange a date, time and location that works for you.

You can also book an appointment using the Online Booking Form

Drop in

You can drop in to any of the three hubs:

Central Hub:

222 Upper Street,
N1 1XR

North Hub:

6-9 Manor Gardens
N7 6LA

South Hub:

Finsbury Library,
245 St John’s Street,
EC1V 4NB

Opening times

Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

Disabled access

AccessAble profile features a guide to facilities and access for disabled people.

Travel Vaccinations

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your travel arrangements. This will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required.

It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible – at least 6 weeks before you travel – as a second appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually receive the vaccinations. These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine. Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.

Some travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because not all travel vaccinations are included in the services provided by the NHS.

There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the link below.

Learn More

Travel Health Questionnaire

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form before coming to see the nurse.

 Travel Questionnaire

Travelling in Europe

If you are travelling to Europe the EU has published useful information for travellers on the European website.

Tests & Results

Access your test results

If you have access to your personal health record in your NHS App, you may be able to see your test results online. Find out more about personal health records.

If you have questions about test results in your GP health record, contact your GP surgery at 020 7700 9700. Please call between 13:00 and 14:00 as our reception staff will have more time to deal with your request.

When you attend for a test of any kind you should be told how long you should expect to wait for the results.

Watch the video for more information on your online GP records.

Note that the practice has a strict policy regarding confidentiality and data protection and we will only release test results to the person to whom they relate unless that person has given prior permission for the release of this data or they are not capable of understanding the results.

It is your responsibility to check your results and to make an appointment to discuss them with your doctor if your are advised to do so.

If your test has been carried out at a Clinic or Hospital please call the Clinic or Hospital for the result, as we cannot action tests which have been requested by other Clinicians out with the practice. If the consultant’s secretary or colleague inform you they will send the results to your GP, explain that you want the results from the specialist who arranged them, who is in by far the best place to give appropriate advice.

If you ring the surgery, reception will ask you for some personal details when calling, this is to confirm your identity. They have the right to refuse the release of medical information if they feel that it does not pertain to the person calling. We hope that our patients find our high standards of confidentiality satisfactory with regard to releasing this type of information.

Non-NHS Services

Some services provided are not covered under our contract with the NHS and therefore attract charges.

Examples include the following:

  • Medicals for pre-employment, sports and driving requirements (HGV, PSV etc.)
  • Insurance claim forms
  • Passport signing
  • Prescriptions for taking medication abroad
  • Private sick notes
  • Vaccination certificates

The fees charged are based on the British Medical Association (BMA) suggested scales and our reception staff will be happy to advise you about them along with appointment availability.

Other Available Services

  • Antenatal care/postnatal care
  • Baby Clinic
  • Counselling Service
  • Full range of contraceptive services including IUD (coil) fittings and checks
  • Minor Surgery (some)
  • Private Practice for non-registered patients
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Phlebotomy – Walk in service on selected days
  • Social Prescribing

Practice Nurse Services

  • Cervical smears
  • Chronic Disease management – including Diabetes, Asthma and High Blood pressure
  • Family Planning
  • Health Check – including Blood Pressure checks and monitoring
  • Immunisations – including travel immunisations
  • Wound dressing

Home Visits

Whilst we encourage our patients to come to the surgery, where we have the proper equipment and facilities available, we do appreciate this is not always possible. In this respect, if you do need a home visit, you can help us by calling reception before 10:00.

You may only request a home visit if you are housebound or are too ill to visit the practice. Your GP will only visit you at home if they think that your medical condition requires it and will also decide how urgently a visit is needed. Please bear this in mind and be prepared to provide suitable details to enable the doctor to schedule house calls.

You can also be visited at home by a community nurse if you are referred by your GP. You should also be visited at home by a health visitor if you have recently had a baby or if you are newly registered with a GP and have a child under five years.