Requesting Appointments

Self-Care

NHS offers support available for many conditions without the need to visit a GP

Visit our Self Help Zone

Think Pharmacy First!

Pharmacists can give you advice on a range of conditions and suggest medicines that can help.

They may also be able to offer treatment and some prescription medicine for some conditions, without you needing to see a GP.

Appointments

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Cancel your Appointment

Remember to cancel your appointment if you don't need it.

GP appointment? Don't need it? Cancel it!

We know people forget things, cancelling GP appointments being one of them. Remember to cancel your appointment if you don't need it.

 

How to Cancel an Appointment

If you are unable to keep your appointment, please give us as much notice as possible so that your appointment can be offered to someone else.

If you are cancelling please telephone us as soon as possible, and at least 30 minutes before your appointment time. This will enable us to offer your appointment to someone else.

Alternatively you can cancel your appointment online using The NHS App if you are signed up to the service.

Please remember that there may be a shortage of appointments and when you fail to attend you have prevented someone else from being seen in your place. On average about 230 appointments are missed each month

Cancellations notified less than 30 minutes before the appointment time will be recorded as failure to attend (DNA).

Repeated failure to attend booked appointments is a significant waste of NHS resources

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Request a routine appointment

As well as doctor and nurse appointments, we have appointments with healthcare assistants, clinical pharmacist, first-contact physiotherapist and appointments for Medication and Chronic Health Reviews

Ways to request:

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Request an urgent appointment

Ways to request:

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Request a Home Visit

If you are housebound or terminally ill and feel that you need a visit

Please contact us to request a home visit if you are housebound or terminally ill. We are likely to initially arrange an urgent telephone consultation to gain more information prior to a visit by our Paramedic Practitioner or GP

Ways to request:

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Emergency Medication

Emergency Medicines

In cases where you need urgent access to medication and cannot get a prescription from your regular GP, the NHS 111 service can help provide emergency prescriptions

What Can Be Prescribed Through Emergency Prescriptions? 

  • Repeat Prescriptions: If you’ve run out of essential medication and are unable to get a prescription from your GP, NHS 111 can help issue an emergency prescription for things like: 
  • Prescription medications for chronic conditions (e.g., blood pressure medication, asthma inhalers, diabetes medication). 
  • Emergency contraception (if needed urgently). 
  • Medication for other urgent conditions or short-term illnesses. 
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Life Threatening - Go to A&E

If you or someone you know has a life-threatening condition, such as loss of consciousness, a sudden confused state, chest pain, breathing difficulties etc, you should call 999

In an EMERGENCY call 999.
Emergencies are situations that cannot be managed at home and may be life threatening

The NHS App

We would like to invite you to use The NHS App

Owned and run by the NHS, the NHS App is a simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services on your smartphone or tablet.

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