The Eileen Lecky Clinic is a medical centre in Putney in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is run by St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The Eileen Lecky Clinic is a medical centre in Putney in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is run by St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The clinic is located at 2 Clarendon Drive, on the north side of the road, at the corner with Charlwood Road.
The clinic was originally founded in Putney as a branch of the Mothers' Welcome in 1916, [1] by 1922 it was located on Felsham road and became the Putney Infant Welfare Centre. It moved to Clarendon Drive in 1931 as the Children's Health Centre, [2] on a site where there had been two detached houses. [3]
During World War II the building was seconded for gas decontamination and first aid, [2] and infant welfare services were moved to classrooms at nearby St Mary's School, [4] but the centre reopened at the end of the war. [2]
Eileen Lecky was a secretary of the clinic [2] and ran it for 50 years, she initially focussed on child health, but also started one of the first migraine clinics in the UK. [5] [6]
The clinic was renamed after Eileen Lecky in 1958 on her retirement, [7] and there is a plaque in the building commemorating her service. [8] Eileen lived in Putney on Deodar Road, and was awarded an MBE for helping the poor. [9]
As of 2025 the clinic provides Midwifery Services, ADHD Community Paediatrics, Speech & Language, Multidisciplinary Feeding Team, and Paediatric Urology. [10]
The clinic is served by Transport for London buses on the Upper Richmond road and Upper Richmond road, Putney railway station (Southwestern Railway) is a 7-minute walk from the clinic. [10]