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SURGERY TIMES

OPENING HOURS

The practice is open (core hours) as follows:

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8.00am to 12.30pm and 2.20 to 6.30pm.
Tuesday 8.00am to 6.30pm.
There are also earlier (from 7.30am) and later (until 7.00pm) appointments available every week.
Saturday and Sunday closed.

WHEN THE SURGERY IS CLOSED

The telephone number to call if you need a doctor when the surgery is closed and before it re-opens is 0845 075 0497.

NHS Direct (0845 4647) is open 24 hours every day for advice from a nurse or information on opening times of pharmacists, mental health services, emergency dental service and where to get emergency contraception.

The Pharmacy First Scheme allows pharmacists to prescribe for a large number of common illnesses without the need to consult a doctor.

Emergency & Urgent Care Centres are located at:

King George Hospital - Barley Lane, Goodmayes, Essex IG3 8YB. Telephone: 0845 130 4204.

Whipps Cross University Hospital - Whipps Cross Road, Leytonstone, London E11 1NR. Telephone: 020 8539 5522.

If you attend either of these centres during normal surgery hours you will be redirected back to the surgery.


CAR PARKING AND DISABLED ACCESS

There is no general patient parking or waiting in the car park in front of the surgery. Our car park is too small to be used as a general car park for all our patients. Considerable congestion arises, and we would urge you to use the public car parking facilities at the James Hawkey Hall, in the 'Pay and Display' car park in The Castle, or in the adjacent unregulated side roads.

Our limited car parking is exclusively reserved for those patients who are disabled and display a valid Blue Badge. The signs on display clearly state that parking is for disabled patients and doctors only.

Please do not park on the gravel paths, even for a brief period. This obstructs the footpath, risks a £200 fine, and obstructs access to the nearby houses. This causes considerable annoyance to our neighbours, who have to live with this problem every day.

Patients who deliberately ignore these requests, or who cause difficulty to our neighbours, will not be welcome at the practice.

Facilities include easy access for wheelchairs and pushchairs.