Appointments

For emergency appointments please call on the morning of the day you wish to be seen. Phone as soon as possible after 8.30am in order to obtain an appointment for the same day. Please always specify which is your own doctor.

A small number of appointments are available to be booked in advance for your GP.  All registrars appointments can be pre booked in advance. Appointments to see the Nurses and Health Care Assistant, may be booked in advance, there are a small number on the day for emergencies.

Appointments may be made over the internet on completion of a simple registration form

Children under 16 should be accompanied by a responsible adult.

If you book an appointment and find you no longer need it please let us know ASAP so that we can give it to someone else. 

 Thank you to everyone who has phoned to cancel appointments last year.  This has made a big difference as we have been able to re-offer these as emergencies.

Telephone Advice

Patients requiring telephone advice as opposed to a full appointment may phone and request a call back during surgery, we aim to do this within the hour during surgery times or just before the beginning of the afternoon surgery.   On your part we ask you to remain near your phone with it switched on for the hour, if the doctor cannot get hold of you, you will have to phone us back and go on the waiting list again.  You can of course email us with any problems.  

Home Visits

If possible please try to telephone reception before 10am if you require a home visit.

A doctor or nurse may phone you back as it may be that your problem can be dealt with by telephone advice, or that it would be more appropriate to send a nurse, or indeed arrange a hospital attendance.

Home visits are only available for patients who are housebound because of illness or disability.

Please remember that several patients can be seen in the practice in the time that it takes to make one home visit. There are also better facilities for examining and treating patients at the Health Centre.