Self-referral services allow patients to be referred themselves for a particular service (without a need of a Doctor). These services are for 18years and over- unless indicated.
Local Chemist Support
Pharmacy First
The NHS Pharmacy First scheme allows your local pharmacy to provide you a walk in appointment (where available) and give you any necessary prescription to treat common 7 conditions:
- ENT: Sore throat (+5 years old)
- ENT: Ear infection otitis media (age 1-17 years)
- ENT: Sinusitis (+12 years old)
- Skin infection: Infected insect bites (+1 years old)
- Skin infection: Impetigo (+1 years old)
- Skin infection: Shingles (+18 years old)
- Urinary infection in women which are uncomplicated * (age 16-64 years old- see uncomplicated uti notes below)
*Uncomplicated- excludes pregnant individuals, urinary catheters, recurrent UTI (2 episodes in last 6 months, or 3 episodes in last 12 months)
Your GP practice can also refer you to get a Pharmacy First Consultation Appointment.
The pharmacy consultation notes will then be sent to your practice to add to your records.
Full details of all 7 pharmacy clinical pathways are available to view here
Your pharmacy also offers:
- Smoking cessation support
- Travel clinic
Social Prescriber
Self referral link– They are the experts to know what support is available to you in Barnet.
Offers addiction support, anxiety and depression support, benefit support, bereavement support, cancer support, carer support, counselling, Covid-19 support, debt support, dementia support, diet and nutrition support, disability support, domestic violence support, education and information, emotional wellbeing support, employment support, falls support, financial advice, food support, housing information, learning disability support, loneliness support, isolation support, mobility aid support, parental support, physical exercise, refugee and asylum seeker advice and welfare support
Wellbeing support
Barnet Wellbeing Service (Provided by Community Wellbeing Barnet)
Barnet Wellbeing Hub (Provided by Meridian Wellbeing Barnet)
Support for ethnic minorities in Barnet (Multilingual Wellbeing Barnet)
Mental health support
Counselling / Psychotherapy (IAPT) Self referral link
Online self help support platforms (while waiting). Can help you identify with your symptoms and consider approaches to help you recognise and overcome them.
Foundation for positive mental health
Mood booster programme with online support- Barnet
YSANDS – Emotional support for still birth and neonatal death
Youth support- mental health
Young Persons Consultation service Tavistock (16- 25years old)
Canada Villa Young peoples centre (0-19yrs old) Youth Support counselling
Rephael House (4-24yrs old) Youth Support counselling
Centre point (16-25year old) at risk of homelessness / homeless / sofa surfing
Kooth (11-26yrs) Free, safe and anonymous online support for young people.
Mental Health Crisis
0800 151 0023 If you are worried about acting on suicidal thoughts- The Crisis team can support you. (Based at First Floor, Dennis Scott Unit, Edgware Community Hospital, Burnt Oak Broadway, Edgware, HA8 0AD)
The StayAlive app is a suicide prevention resource for the UK. It’s full of useful information to help you stay safe.
You can use it if you are having thoughts of suicide or if you are concerned about someone else who may have suicidal ideas.
The app has many life-saving features including: strategies for staying safe/ how to help a person thinking about suicide/ access to local and national support
Self help mental health book titles
Stress/ Anxiety/ Low mood/ Bereavement/ Trauma
Homeless support
Back pain
Our First Contact Practitioner specialises in back pains and is available at the surgery for face to face assessment (by appointment only). You do not need to see or speak to a Doctor to book in to see them. Our reception team can book you straight in- to the next available appointment.
Health and Lifestyle
Xplore (age7-13) Healthy eating and exercise
Health visitor
0800 246 5745
[email protected]
Focus on families with children 0-19 years to promote healthy lifestyles, detect illness at an early stage and support and advise families with identified health needs.
Family Nurse Partnership (FNP)
Support for under 20’s expecting their first baby (mums and dads)
Parental support for the unwell/ recovering children
Healthier Together (or download the App)
If you are worried about your child, Healthier Together can guide you about your child’s concern
Insomnia
Learning difficulties/ disability support
Autism- Free adult assessment service
Advice, information and support for parent carers
Podiatry
Diabetic emergency foot clinic; Walk-in foot clinic for diabetic patients at Royal Free Hospital, located in A+E (9-4pm M-F, 9-11.30am S-S). This emergency clinic is for diabetic patients presenting with foot infection/ new ulceration/ cuts/ sudden foot pain).
Pregnancy
Pregnancy self referral for antenatal care
The nearest hospitals to consider are: Royal Free / Barnet / Chase Farm Hospitals, Whittington Hospital, University College Hospital
Please inform the surgery you are pregnant as we may need to urgently review any medication you are on.
Sexual Health
Sexual health support in Barnet includes contraception, infection screen, psychosexual counselling
Tropical Diseases
University college Topical Diseases self-referral