Out of Hours and Home Visits

What to do when the Surgery is Closed

If medical advice is required when the Surgery is closed, please telephone 111 to contact the Out of Hours service provider. You will be asked to provide limited information in the first instance to enable your call to be prioritised. This will be followed as soon as possible by a Clinician calling you back who will give appropriate advice based on the information that you have given.

If you are calling on behalf of someone else please have relevant information available, such as:

  • Address
  • Date of birth
  • Current medication
  • Name of their GP

If considered necessary you will be referred to a duty Doctor or Nurse Practitioner who will contact you and, either give further telephone advice, or ask you to attend a local centre or in appropriate circumstances visit you at home.

NHS 111

People who call NHS 111 with an urgent health issue that is not an emergency, are prioritised and routed to the most appropriate care, based upon the symptoms they report. The call-handler steers patients towards a range of care options from self-care through to Nurse Clinicians, GPs, Urgent Care Centres and Accident and Emergency Departments, whilst also having the capability to pass calls directly to the Ambulance service in the event of an emergency.

NHS 111 is a free-to-use number which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. 111 is an alternative to 999 which should be used for non-emergency health problems.

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Home Visits

Home visits are for patients who are too ill or infirm to come to the surgery. Please telephone the surgery before 10:00am on the day of the visit and give the Receptionist as much information as possible, so that the Doctor can give the request appropriate priority. A Clinician will usually ring you back before visiting.

If a patient has a temperature or a rash, coming to the surgery will do no harm or endanger others. It is appreciated if patients can attend surgery if at all possible. This is usually quicker for the patient and makes the best use of the Doctor’s time.

The large geographical area of the Practice means that you may not necessarily be seen by your own GP.

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