Polyclinics do work!

Dr Amber Kennard, CEO of Westover Medical, commenting on the role of polyclinics in the NHS said:


“Polyclinics are all about the provision of modern medicine and giving patients what they need, when they want it. It is all about how you set them up. Westover has demonstrated that polyclinics can provide a convenient local GP service, combined with access to specialist medical services. We do this in the private sector – and the good news is that we can report that our members and patients like this approach so much that they are actually prepared to pay for it!

“The polyclinic approach allows our patients to build a relationship with their GP, but also allows access to more specialised treatments, conveniently located under the same roof, which patients can access at times convenient to them.

“Modern healthcare must adapt to the needs of the patient in today’s world, and we welcome Lord Darzi’s forward-looking and innovative reforms that stand a chance of bringing the best structure for delivery of medical services to NHS patients too. We wish him and the NHS the best of luck.”



For further information please contact:

Tony Stephenson, College Hill: 020 7886 7864 or 07899 796655

Claire Mosley, College Hill: 020 7886 7854



About Westover Medical

Westover Medical was founded by Dr Amber Kennard in Spring 2006 and now operates a growing chain of primary healthcare clinics delivering a new concept in primary medical care, providing patients with a full range of the highest-quality health services all under one roof and on a membership basis.

Westover provide general practitioners, consultant medical specialists and surgeons, dentists and complementary therapists at its purpose-built and newly-equipped clinics in Brompton Cross, Wandsworth and Notting Hill, and shortly at its new specialist “Mother & Child” clinic in Chelsea.

Westover provide a patient-centred service with convenient opening hours in local neighbourhood clinics where medical and complementary services can be used in an integrated, holistic pattern of healthcare provision: truly excellent health services for busy families as they need them, when they need them - allowing them to manage their own health pro-actively.

About Dr Amber Kennard

Amber received her medical degree (MBBS) in 2001 from St Bartholomew’s and the Royal Medical School, University of London. Subsequently she practised in a number of hospitals and clinics both in the UK and abroad, most recently as Senior House Officer in cardiothoracic surgery at Hammersmith Hospital until she left the NHS in in 2006 in order to fulfil her vision for primary healthcare by founding Westover.