New Harold Moody Health Centre is open

The new Harold Moody Health Centre has officially opened its doors on the Aylesbury Estate in Southwark.

The new building houses 2 GP practices and community health services provided by Guy’s and St Thomas’.

The Trust provides speech and language therapy, health visiting, school nursing, breastfeeding, and midwifery services at the site. The Aylesbury neighbourhood nursing team and the nutrition and dietetics weight management service are also based at the Harold Moody Health Centre.

Professor Ian Abbs, Chief Executive of Guy’s and St Thomas’, said: “The new Harold Moody Health Centre puts our health services at the heart of the Aylesbury Estate.

“It provides an opportunity for us to make a lifelong positive impact on the lives of many people who live in the area, particularly children, parents and carers. It will also enable our staff to forge valuable links in our community, where it is most needed.”

The centre was named after Dr Harold Moody following a public vote. Dr Moody came to London from Jamaica in 1904 to study medicine at King’s College London. Having been denied a hospital appointment out of racial prejudice, he set up on his own as a GP service.

The opening of the new centre is a collaboration between Guy’s and St Thomas’, the GP practices, NHS South East London, NHS Property Services, and Southwark Council.