Welcome to Old Harlow Health Centre

With patients' needs at the heart of everything we do, our website has been designed to make it easy for you to gain instant access to the information you need. As well as specific practice details such as opening hours and how to register, you’ll find a wealth of useful pages covering a wide range of health issues along with links to other relevant medical organisations.

Download our Practice Leaflet here....Practice Leaflet

Practice Closures 

The practice will be closed for training on Wednesday 10th April 2024 from 12.30 pm, it will reopen the doors at 5.30 pm. The surgery will reopen as normal at 8:30am Thursday 11th April. For any urgent problems that cannot wait until the surgery re-opens, please call 111. For any life threatening emergencies call 999.

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From October 2023 – patients do not need to routinely wear a mask, social distance and use hand sanitiser in the surgery.  

However, if you have respiratory problem or suspected COVID then we request you wear a face covering, to protect the other patient's in the surgery. Wearing a face covering will also protect our staff and ensure we can continue to provide safe practice and appointments.

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What to do when you are unwell

If you are not sure what to do when you are feeling unwell, us the Free 'NHS  APP' to see available local services, get advice or find the best treatment for you symptoms. Alternatively you can call NHS 111 for urgent health advice 24 hours a day.

Get Well, Keep Well

Of course we’re not just here for when you are unwell. Our team of healthcare professionals and back-up staff offer a number of clinics and services to promote good health and wellbeing whatever your medical condition.

Join In

We hope you enjoy having a look around the site and familiarising yourself with some of the online features such as ordering a repeat prescription. Whatever your thoughts, be sure to let us know via our feedback function or via our Friends and Family Test . Comments and suggestions are always a great way of helping us continue to enhance the way we look after you.

Access

The health centre is all on ground floor level with adequate access for disabled patients and there are also specific toilet facilities.

My Care Record enables health and care professionals to access information about you to improve your care.

Old Harlow Health Centre is part of My Care Record, an approach to improving care by joining up health and care information. Wherever possible, health and care professionals will be able to access your records from other services when it is needed for your care. For example, a hospital doctor, community nurse, or social worker involved in your care could view the information they need from your GP record. More information, including answers to frequently asked questions and a list of the organisations that are taking part can be found on the My Care Record website www.mycarerecord.org.uk.

Try the NHS App

If you’re a patient at our practice you can now use the new NHS App, a simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services on your smartphone or tablet.

You can use the NHS App to get health advice, book appointments, order repeat prescriptions, view your GP health record and more.

If you already use SystmOnline you can continue to use it. You can use the NHS App as well.

For more information go to www.nhs.uk/nhsapp.