There are four types of appointments:

• Pre Bookable/Advance – these can usually be booked upto 6 weeks in advance and tend to be early morning and late evening. These appointments are usually offered when your health problem is ongoing or non-urgent. They are ideal if you wish to see a particular doctor.
• Same Day/Night before – a selection of appointments are released each evening at 8:00pm for the following day, these are available to book using the automated telephone system. The remainder of these appointments are released at 8:30am each morning for 3 appointments the same day, we do try our best to fit as many patients in as we can. These appointments tend to be used for new illnesses/conditions that are more urgent.
• Telephone – doctors and nurses are often able to provide advice to patients on the telephone. Please ask the receptionist who will give you an approximate time that the doctor or nurse will call you.
• Long Term condition management – we monitor patients who have long term conditions on a regular basis at specialist clinics. Patients with these conditions will be sent a letter inviting them to make an appointment.

Demand for same day appointments varies from day to day, often we are unable to offer all patients an appointment who ask for one. There are options available to you in the instance, please see “What to do when the Practice is closed” section.

We also offer online appointment booking. If you are interested in this service please download an App such as the NHS app or Patient Access or ask the reception team.