Site Closure for Easter Bank Holiday
We would like to remind patients that Friday 3rd April (Good Friday) and Monday 6th April (Easter Monday) are both Bank Holidays meaning that the practice will be closed on those two dates in addition to the normal weekend closure on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th April.
We will open as usual on Tuesday 7th April.
If you need medical help, please contact NHS 111
In a life threatening emergency only contact 999
To see which Pharmacy’s are open, please visit here
Medicines and Prescriptions
We encourage patients to ensure they have adequate supplies of their medicine before the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. Repeat prescription requests take up to 48 hours to process so please check your medicine supply to ensure that you have enough to cover the whole Bank Holiday weekend. We may not be able to facilitate late requests.
Medical Care
The NHS has a range of services that patients can utilise if you or someone you care for is feeling unwell when the practice is closed. You do not need to wait until the practice re-opens to access NHS care.
- Self care: For some very minor ailments such as coughs, colds, minor bruising, minor cuts and grazes patients can often self care with over the counter treatments without medical input.
- Pharmacy: Your local pharmacy can provide expert advice for minor illnesses, headaches, stomach upsets, bites and stings. They can now also treat minor infections as part of the Pharmacy First scheme. Please visit here
- NHS 111: For non-emergency advice please call 111 (free number) or use the NHS 111 Online service. This service is ideally used for if you are unsure about your symptoms or how you can access advice when the practice is closed.
- Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs): UTCs are for when you need treatment and diagnostics that the GP practice does not have access to but it is not a life-threatening emergency. UTCs can see patients for breaks/sprains, x-rays, cuts/grazes et cetera.
- 999 and A&E: Please remember that calling 999 or attending a hospital accident and emergency (A&E) department should only be for life-threatening emergencies or when you advised to do so by a medical professional. If you are unsure of your symptoms, use NHS 111 online to check your symptoms.
