Appointments

Booking an appointment

Routine appointments

To request a routine appointment in the next 7 days:

• phone us on 01782 834488, Monday to Friday during opening hours
• visit the surgery and speak with a receptionist, Monday to Friday during opening hours
• use your Patient Access account
• use your NHS account (through the NHS website or NHS App) to book a screening test or vaccination

When you get in touch, we’ll ask what you need help with.

We will use the information you give us to choose the most suitable doctor, nurse or health professional to help you.

Urgent Appointments

To request an urgent appointment for today or tomorrow (Monday to Friday):

• phone us on 01782 834488, Monday to Friday during opening hours
• visit the surgery and speak with a receptionist, Monday to Friday during opening hours

If your problem is medically urgent, we will always try and see you on the same day but it may not be with your doctor of choice.

When you get in touch, we’ll ask what you need help with.

We will use the information you give us to choose the most suitable doctor, nurse or health professional to help you.

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Your appointment

However you choose to contact us, we may offer you a consultation:

• by phone
• face to face at the surgery
• on a video call
• by text or email

Appointments by phone, video call or by text or email can be more flexible and often means you get help sooner.

In a number of cases it might be worth considering an appointment with a practice nurse rather than a doctor. Practice nurses are qualified to deal with many ailments and you may be seen more quickly.

Please note we occasionally use locum doctors to cover holiday periods.

Cancelling or changing an appointment

To cancel your appointment:

• use your NHS account (through the NHS website or NHS App)
• using the GP online system – Patient Access
• phone us on 01782 834488, Monday to Friday during opening hours
• reply CANCEL to your appointment reminder text message

If you need help when we are closed

If you need medical help now, use NHS 111 online or call 111.

NHS 111 online is for people aged 5 and over. Call 111 if you need help for a child under 5.

Call 999 in a medical or mental health emergency. This is when someone is seriously ill or injured and their life is at risk.

If you need help with your appointment

Please tell us:

• if there’s a specific doctor, nurse or other health professional you would prefer to respond
• if you would prefer to consult with the doctor or nurse by phone, face-to-face, by video call or by text or email
• if you need an interpreter
• if you have any other access or communication needs

Home visits

Whilst we encourage our patients to come to the surgery, where we have the proper equipment and facilities available, we do appreciate this is not always possible. In this respect, if you do need a home visit, you can help us by calling reception before 10.00am.

You may only request a home visit if you are housebound or are too ill to visit the practice. Your GP will only visit you at home if they think that your medical condition requires it and will also decide how urgently a visit is needed. Please bear this in mind and be prepared to provide suitable details to enable the doctor to schedule house calls

You can also be visited at home by a community nurse if you are referred by your GP. You should also be visited at home by a health visitor if you have recently had a baby or if you are newly registered with a GP and have a child under five years.

Extended Access

You can now see a GP or other healthcare professional:

• on weekday evenings between 6:30pm and 8:00pm
• on Saturdays and Sundays
• from 7:30am on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings, and on Friday from 7:00am

To book an appointment call the surgery or book online. You may be able to get an appointment on the same day if required.

You may be offered an appointment at:

• another local GP practice
• another local NHS service – such as a General Practice Hub