Appointments
Before booking an appointment please see the information about surgery times and who to see.
Appointments last 15 minutes as standard, if you require more time, please read about our longer appointments (below). Patients can choose between a face to face or telephone appointment, please let reception know.
Booking an Appointment
You can make an appointment in the following ways.
Online
Book online via the NHS app.
NHS App - owned and run by the NHS, this app is a simple and secure way to book appointments and access a range of NHS services on yout smartphone or tablet.
Call Us
Via the telephone - 0115 846 8888.
By visiting the Health Centre and booking in person.
Longer Appointments
Nurse reviews – diabetes, asthma, travel ─ all need longer appointments. Please tell the reception desk when booking and do not book via the web, which does not give this option.
Urgent Appointments
We have urgent/emergency appointments available with the Duty Doctor, Monday to Friday. These important slots are only for urgent medical problems.
Only you as the patient can determine if it is urgent that have an appointment the same day. Our staff may ask you what is wrong to try and give guidance as to who you should see and when but they always leave the decision to you and you have the right to refuse to give details.
With an urgent appointment slot you may be seen by either a doctor or a specialist nurse practitioner. If seeing the latter you will be assessed and in the vast majority of cases you will not need to see the doctor. If the nurse feels it necessary then you will also be seen by a doctor. However, due to the system of care, you will need to take a seat back in the waiting room and the doctor will call you as soon as possible (accepting they may be dealing with someone else who is as sick).
If you do request an emergency slot and the practitioner seeing you deems this not to be urgent, you will be asked to make a routine appointment.
Due to the nature of this service and variable (often excessive) demand, we cannot run to exact appointments and you may experience a longer wait. Patients are prioritised by arrival time and clinical need. This is not the case for routine appointments. We do not start the next slot until all patients in the preceding time slot are seen, so arriving significantly before your slot will only give you a long wait and not an earlier appointment.
Social circumstances that make a routine appointment inconvenient, e.g. a lecture, holiday etc are not reasons to deal with a problem that day as an emergency.
If you are in doubt then ask the receptionist.
EVENING & WEEKEND GP APPOINTMENTS IN NOTTINGHAM CITY
Patients registered at this practice can now access additional routine GP appointments on evenings and at weekends. This is through an 'extended hours' service called GP+ Nottingham City.
Opening hours:
4pm - 8pm Monday to Friday
9am - 1pm Saturday & Sunday
Location:
GP+ Nottingham City, 79a Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham NG1 6LD
(The service is located at a single site)
To book an appointment, patients simply need to contact the reception team at their own GP practice. Please note that this is not a walk-in service and all appointments must be pre-booked. For more information, visit www.ncgpa.org.uk/gpplus
Chaperone Service
We value the relationship between patient and practitioner. However, we recognise that at times patients can feel more at ease with another individual in the room, particularly if the practitioner is of the opposite sex.
This is more often the case for examinations of an intimate nature. If an intimate examination is necessary and you would feel more comfortable with a chaperone, feel free to ask us and we will endeavour to provide one and continue your care
Cancelling Appointments
If you can't make an appointment please cancel online, via text or by calling the practice. This allows us to rebook it for someone else, particularly for emergency appointments.