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Health A-Z

Guide to conditions, symptoms & treatments

Health A-Z

Live Well

Advice, tips and tools for health & wellbeing

Live Well

Medicines Guide

British Journal of General Practice, January 2024

Our practice is in the BJGP letters section see it on the website Realistic not romantic or read the PDF BJGP

Win the crowd (Maximus)

An article by Dr Luke Sayers, to read the full article on the BJGP website click this link BJGP Website

Advice

Waiting times at A&E departments can be very long and appointment availability to see your GP can be difficult.

We care about your health and will always try to see our patients as soon as we can.

Many illnesses can be managed at home or by a pharmacist.

Please use the link below to access advice and guidance about common ailments.

Conditions Link

Register with us online

How to register with a GP surgery – NHS

Practice Area

To see if you live within the Practice Catchment area click on the following link. You will be asked to enter your postcode and we will check to see if you are within our Boundary.

Catchment Area Link

Appointments

You can book a face to face or telephone appointment with your GP.

We have same day appointments available that can be booked by telephoning the surgery at 8.30am or by coming into the surgery to book.

For anything routine you can book a future dated appointment. A small number of routine appointments are available to book using the online services button on our home page. The majority of future dated appointments are available by phoning the surgery.

When the surgery is closed

If you ring the Health Centre on 0191 253 1113 you will be advised of the out of hours/on call arrangements.

The Out of Hours Service is contactable by telephoning 111.

Extended hours run by Whitley Bay Primary Care Network (PCN)

You can now book an appointment to see a GP, nurse or healthcare assistant in the evening or weekend.

The appointments are available at local “hubs” and they are provided by local doctors and nurses who will have access to your medical notes. These appointments are all pre-bookable so if you need an appointment in the evening or weekend because you are busy during the week please contact us and we will try and book you into a slot. Extended hours are no longer held at our surgery but at local practices in Whitley Bay.

All patients are requested to nominate their preferred pharmacy so that all medication requests can be sent to them direct via Electronic Prescribing. Please nominate your pharmacy next time you ring or if you have access to online services you can do this via the website.

Housebound

Those patients that are housebound and are unable to make arrangements to have their re-order slip handed in may telephone their request for further medication. Please ring the main surgery telephone number and ask to be put through to the prescription line – this is available after 10.00 am only.  TELEPHONE REQUESTS ARE STRICTLY FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE ON THE PRACTICE HOUSEBOUND REGISTER

All patients are requested to nominate their preferred pharmacy so that all medication requests can be sent to them direct via Electronic Prescribing. Please nominate your pharmacy next time you ring or if you have access to online services you can do this via the website.

Housebound

Those patients that are housebound and are unable to make arrangements to have their re-order slip handed in may telephone their request for further medication. Please ring the main surgery telephone number and ask to be put through to the prescription line – this is available after 10.00 am only.  TELEPHONE REQUESTS ARE STRICTLY FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE ON THE PRACTICE HOUSEBOUND REGISTER