Elms Medical Centre - Doctors surgery opening times and what to do when we are closed

Elms Medical Centre
Tel: 01244 351000

Blacon Clinic
Tel: 01244 390103

Making Appointments at the Surgery - Please contact the surgery on 01244 351000 to make both routine and urgent appointments with the GPs and Nurses

GP Care Plus
Extended Opening is available to all patients to book a routine appointment outside of practice opening hours. This service can be found at the 1829 Building at the Countess of Chester Health Park

Appointments are available
Mon - Fri 6.30-8pm
Sat 10am - 12pm

Please call 01244 385422 between 8am-6pm to book an appointment up to 2 weeks in advance

Out of Hours
Please ring 01244 385300. When the surgery is closed care is provided by GP’s and nurses employed by the Western Cheshire Primary Care Trust and your doctor may not be on duty.

Home Visits
If you are too ill to attend surgery then please telephone 01244 351000 before 10-30am. State clearly the name and address of the patient and describe the symptoms. This helps the doctors to decide the urgency of the calls and plan their rounds.

Test Results
Please telephone between 11.30am and 5.00pm for the results of tests, x-rays etc.

Quit Smoking

A free friendly advice and support service is available to help you give up smoking. To get further information about stopping smoking either ask the GP or nurse when you visit them or phone 0800 0435134. Alternatively you can text quit4good to 60777, email quit@quit4good.org or visit www.quit4good.org

Health Charities

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Macmillan Cancer Support

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BBC Health

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Hoole Road

Blacon Surgery

Closed for Training

When We Are Closed

Hoole Road Surgery Times

The telephone is often busy early in the morning; therefore if your call is not for an appointment, please call later in the day. Patients are seen by appointment only.

Dr Angelika Stephenson and Dr Jaswinder Walker-Baker are salaried GPs employed by the practice.

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
DR MILLS	8.30am -10.50am Branch Surgery	8.00am – 10.20am	Branch Surgery 3.50pm – 5.50pm	9.10 am– 11.50am 3.50pm – 6.30pm	Branch Surgery 2.00pm – 4.00pm
DR LOWRIE	8.30am - 11.10am	8.30am - 11.10am 3.50pm - 5.50pm	8.30am - 11.10am 3.50pm - 6.30pm		8.00am - 10.40am Branch Surgery
DR MCNUTT (female GP)	8.30am - 11.10am 3.50pm - 6.30pm	8.30am - 10.50am (Diabetic Clinic) 3.30pm - 5.30pm		8.30am -11.10am Branch Surgery	8.30am - 11.10am 3.00pm - 5.00pm
DR SNOWDEN	8.30am - 11.10am 3.50pm - 5.50pm	Branch Surgery 3.50pm - 6.30pm	8.00am - 10.20am	8.30am - 11.10am 3.00pm - 5.00pm	8.30am - 11.10am 4.00pm - 6.00pm
DR STEPHENSON (female GP)	9.00am - 11.50am	9.00am - 11.50am Branch Surgery	9.00am - 11.50am
DR WALKER- BAKER (female GP)			9.30am-11.50am 2.00pm-4.20pm	9.00am -11.20am 3.00pm -5.30pm	8.30am - 10.50am

Blacon Surgery Times

The telephone is often busy early in the morning; therefore if your call is not for an appointment, please call later in the day. Patients are seen by appointment only.

Dr Angelika Stephenson and Dr Jaswinder Walker-Baker are salaried GPs employed by the practice.

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Morning

Dr Snowden

9.30am - 11.50am

Dr Mills 9.30am -11.50am

Dr Mills

9.30am - 11.50am

Afternoon

Dr Mills

1.40pm - 4.00pm

Dr Stephenson

2pm - 4.20pm

Dr McNutt 2pm - 4.20pm

Dr Lowrie

2.00pm - 4.20pm

Surgery availability at our Blacon branch surgery may vary. There is always one surgery each day at Blacon. Please ring Chester 351000 to make an appointment.

Closed for Training

All practices across the Primary Trust close for one half day a month between 12.00 - 5.00pm. This allows for staff to be given training and for practices to get together to share knowledge and learning. During the time that the practice is closed if you need a GP, and you cannot wait until the practice reopens at 5.00pm, you can access one via the Out of Hours service, the contact number is 01244 385300.

The Half Days that we are closed for the next 12 months are as follows:

Wednesday 14th September 2011

Tuesday 18th October 2011

Wednesday 16th November 2011

Thursday 8th December 2011

Tuesday 17th January 2012

Wednesday 8th February 2012

Tuesday 13th March 2012

When We Are Closed

closed Please ring 01244 351000 and a recorded message will tell you which telephone number to ring. When the surgery is closed care is provided by GP’s and nurses employed by the Cheshire West Primary Care Trust and your doctor may not be on duty. This service is for problems that cannot wait until the surgery is open.

Alternatively you may wish to contact the Out of Hours directly. This can be done between 6.30pm and 8.00am weekdays and at weekends on 01244 385300. If you need to see a GP or a nurse you will be asked to attend the clinic. This is based at:

Chester Out of Hours Service, 1829 Building, Countess of Chester Health Park, Liverpool Road, Chester, CH2 1HJ

Please do not attend unless advised to by the Out of Hours staff.

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