Appointments

To request an urgent appointment:

  • phone us on 01255 861850 Monday to Friday from 8:00am to 6:30pm

When you get in touch, we’ll ask what you need help with.

We will use the information you give us to choose the most suitable doctor, nurse or health professional to help you.

To request a routine appointment in the next 7 days:

  • use our online system (Patient Access) via the link at the top of this page
  • phone us on 01255 861850 Monday to Friday from 8am to 6:30pm

When you get in touch, we’ll ask what you need help with.

We will use the information you give us to choose the most suitable doctor, nurse or health professional to help you.

We offer extended hours from 6:30pm to 9:30pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Hub Appointments 

We work together with Healthbridge Direct Federation to offer extended access GP hub appointments in the evening and on the weekends. These appointments are held at two locations across the borough:

  • Thorpe-le-Soken Surgery (Mon-Fri) 
  • The Phone Lines are open for pre-bookable appointments only.

Monday to Friday: 5.00pm to 8.00pm

Saturday: 8.30am to 5.00pm

TELEPHONE: 01255 861850

However you choose to contact us, we may offer you a consultation:

  • by phone
  • face to face at the surgery
  • on a video call
  • by text or email

Appointments by phone, video call or by text or email can be more flexible and often means you get help sooner.

  • Routine appointments are for 10 minutes.
  • Please arrive ontime for your appointment time to ensure you do not lose your place
  • If you are late by more than 10 minutes you may have to rebook the appointment.
  • Only one person may be seen per appointment.
  • Please ask for a double appointment if you have more than one problem to discuss or if you think your issue may take some time.
  • Please ask reception to book you a translator if you need help with interpreting.

To cancel your appointment:

  • phone us on 01255 861850 Monday to Friday from 8am to 6.30pm

If you are housebound and need an appointment, we will do a home visit. We will phone you first to understand what you need.

To request a home visit, it’s helpful if you phone the practice before 10am.

The practice has a policy for home visits requested by patients when they are bed bound, house bound or totally incapable of visiting the surgery.

If you are too ill to attend the surgery to see a doctor, a home visit may be requested by contacting the surgery. Whenever possible please make every effort to come to the surgery rather than request a home visit. This allows the doctor to spend more time with you and to have easier access to medical facilities to help deal with your problems. When a visit is necessary it is helpful if your request is made as early as possible.

The receptionist may ask you to discuss your request for a home visit with the doctor.

  • Patients are asked to phone in before 10am for a home visit.
  • The clinicians do the home visits or answer their queries over the phone.
  • The person taking the request for a home visit will also check that the patient cannot attend the surgery. If the patient is able to attend surgery and the problem is urgent, the person taking the call will need to discuss with the on-call doctor who will advise on course of action – urgent on the day appointment/telephone advise/home visit.

If you need medical help now, use NHS 111 online or Call 111.

NHS 111 online is for people aged 5 and over. Call 111 if you need help for a child under 5.

Call 999 in a medical or mental health emergency. This is when someone is seriously ill or injured and their life is at risk.

Please tell us:

  • if there is a specific doctor, nurse or other health professional you would prefer to respond
  • if you would prefer to consult with the doctor or nurse by phone, face-to-face, by video call or by text or email