The Health Visitors at Thurleigh Road Practice are nurses based in Falcon Road (next to the sexual health services, inside the same building). At present they do not have space in their to see patients and therefore, it’s either at home or on Zoom calls.
Their working hours are from 9am to 5pm. However, during the Covid time they are available for telephone consultation and are not visiting at the weekends and will offer telephone call or Zoom call on Saturday and Sundays.
Their contact number is 03300 581 679 (Please be patient with this number as there is only one admin staff and one health visitor covering whole of Wandsworth and Richmond area). However, you are able to leave a message and the team will return your call as soon as they can.
Following checks are available for children:
- The new birth contact at about day 10-14. It used to be a home visit, but now its a Zoom call or a home visit.
- The MMR at 6-7 weeks maternal mood assessment via Zoom call or a telephone call.
No further checks are offered even in non-Covid times until baby is 1 year old and then 2 years. These are being carried out by Zoom call on universal babies. Home visits will be discretionary.
- The one and two year reviews have not been carried out in Thurleigh Road Practice for the past 2 years. Its just the baby clinic at Thurleigh Road, which at presently is not available. Reviews take about 40 minutes as they are detailed. These were carried out at children centres for the space. They will go back there eventually. Mums at present are receiving Zoom call by the nursery nurse. Mother will be sent a questionnaire pre Zoom call. If nursery nurse have any concerns, she will refer them to the health visitors team.
Health visitors can advice on the following;
- Height and Weight Checks
- Gives support and advice to Mother and Baby
- One Year Review Checks – one of our Administrators will contact parents directly and about booking this appointment.
- Advice on Health and Wellbeing
- Development Assessments
- Advice on Infant Feeding/weaning
- Behaviour including sleep