EMERGENCIES

Emergencies
If a doctor is required in an emergency telephone 584223.

For Out-Of-Hours Emergencies.
The practice is a member of Local Care Direct. This service is based at Eccleshill Community Hospital. If you are unwell and the situation cannot reasonably wait until the surgery opens, telephone 584223. In case of difficulty in contacting the out-of-hours service please ring NHS Direct, a 24-hour nurse led advice line, on 0845 46 47. Please do not go directly to Eccleshill Community Hospital as appointments there are strictly by invitation.

Some emergency calls can be dealt with by telephone advice. Otherwise, you may be offered an emergency appointment at Eccleshill Community Hospital. In some circumstances, the doctor may decide to visit the patient at home, if the person was too ill or frail to be moved. In a life-threatening emergency you should still dial 999 and ask for an ambulance.

 

Home Visits
If you are too ill to attend surgery and require a home visit please ring before 10.30am. You will be asked for some details of your problem to help the doctors decide the order of urgency.

NHS Direct

Link To Local Care Direct (LCD)