Lambeth offers a wide range of specialist services available directly to patients - 

Do not wait for an appointment with your GP - Save your time and self-refer now!

The Minor Eye Conditions Scheme allows patients across Lambeth and Lewisham to access NHS treatment for a range of eye conditions such as:

• Red eye
• Sticky eye (difficulty opening your eye or yellow discharge)
• Watery eye (excessive tears)
• Pain or discomfort in or around the eyes
• Recent onset or sudden increase of flashes of light or floating objects in your vision

 Appointments to see highly trained optometrists based in a local optician’s practice are often available within two days and many of the practices offer appointments at weekends.

Lambeth Talking Service offers talking therapies for people experiencing mild to moderate depression, general anxiety and worry, panic attacks, social anxiety, traumatic memories and obsessive compulsive disorder.

They also offer help with other problems including anger, eating, and relationship or sexual difficulties.

Visit IAPT website for more information and insturactions on how to self-refer. 

You don't need to see a GP if you don't have any health concerns! All of our local hospitals accept self-referrals from patients. Get in touch with the hospital as soon as you find out you're pregnant.

• For information about maternity care at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital click here.
• To find out more about the antenatal unit at King's College Hospital visit this website and to fill in the registration form go here.
• If you are considering to have your baby with St George's Hospital click here and you can find the self-referral form here. 

Lambeth Community Podiatry (foot health) Clinics offer a range of services to assess, treat and advise people on any foot condition.

They offer routine appointments and everyday walk-in clinic for urgent problems.

Sexual Health Clinics across Lambeth offer walk-in appointments every day.

They can provide you with: 

• Family Planning advice

• Free of charge contraception

• Screening and Treatment for Sexually Transmitted Infections

• Emergency Contraception

Visit the website for more information, locations and opening hours.

You can also request a self-testing kit on-line and test yourself at home. It is worth remembering that many people with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have no symptoms. They can pass frfom one person to another during sex, especially if youe don't use a condom.

It is a good idea to get tested, especially if you have recently changed partners. Most infections can be cured.  

If your doctor has referred you to a specialist for further care you will be asked to book your appointment using the ‘NHS e-Referral’ system.

You will receive a letter from us within 2 weeks giving details of how to book your appointment and any passwords you may need.

To track your e-Referral you will need the following details to log into the e-Referral website:

• Your date of birth
• Reference number – this will be on the first page of your letter
• Password – this will be on the second page of your letter

To track an e-Referral, click here.

If you are registered to a GP in Lambeth or Southwark, you can refer yourself to physiotherapy for specialist assessment and management.

Please access the following link to self-refer: Self-referral form for physio.