St. Leonard’s Hospital

St Leonards is an outpatient’s only hospital with a front entrance on Kingsland Road. I have in the past visited the dental service, which is NHS only, but otherwise works like a normal dental practice (it is not a drop in emergency service like at some hospitals) and is quite large. Unfortunately they can be difficult to get into if you drop off the list like I did, as they are so popular the waiting list tends to be closed.
They run a well woman clinic which was round in the prefabs out back last time I visited for my ‘MOT’. Perfectly nice prefabs and the doctor I saw last time was great.
I’ve also been on several occasions for physiotherapy. It’s a busy clinic. You visit several times, and see the same person each time. They also run a ‘core stability exercise class’ which I was lucky enough to be referred to. I was actually sent for problems with my knees, but it helped my bad neck as well. It included a fair amount of pilates with some added help and advice. Very good and great to be prescribed it on the national health!
The hospital is in an old building, which means access is sometimes a bit creative! Some of the sloping floors make getting to physio a little uncomfortable for those with achy pins! I guess that’s what you pay for being in a really rather nice old building There is a café, right in the middle of the building, which I always seem to just miss. When it’s open you can walk through it to get to most departments. When closed you have to go round via a partitioned off corridor down one side.
So, not the most convenient building. But it has character, and I’ve had lots of excellent care there.