Appointments

 

Book or cancel an appointment at our GP surgery.

Self-Care

Help and support available from many National and Local Organisations

Visit our Self Help Zone

Book an Appointment

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Urgent appointments for today or tomorrow

To arrange an appointment, please complete the online form below.

You will be phoned by the doctor who will assess your symptoms and where necessary will arrange a face to face appointment at the surgery.

Ways to book

  1. Request an urgent appointment online
  2. If you are unable to access the internet or you need an appointment with a member of the nursing team, please telephone: 01395 232509

Extended Access

We also have extended access available. See our Out of Hours information.

Book a routine appointment

You will be phoned by the doctor who will assess your symptoms and, where necessary, will arrange a face-to-face appointment at the surgery.

Telephone appointments with a doctor can be booked online or by contacting reception. You can also ring NHS 111 (just dial 111) for advice on health related matters.

Ways to book

  1. Request an appointment online
  2. Download the NHS App
  3. If you are unable to access the internet or you need an appointment with a member of the nursing team please phone us on: 01395 232509

Practice nurse appointments

You may wish to consider booking an appointment with a practice nurse rather than a doctor. Practice nurses are qualified to deal with many aspects of your healthcare and you may be seen more quickly.

How to book

Sickness Certificates (Fit Notes)

You must give your employer a doctor's 'fit note' (sometimes called a 'sick note') if you've been ill for more than 7 days in a row and have taken sick leave. This includes non-working days, such as weekends and bank holidays.

Visit our Sickness Certificates page

Travel Vaccinations

Information and advice for travelling abroad.

Visit our Travel Information page

Home Visits

Please be aware that our GPs will always call to assess the home visit request first.

If you need a home visit, you can help us by calling reception before 10:30am.

Telephone: 01395 232509

Our administrators will ask for enough details so that the doctor can assess the urgency of the visit and schedule the day's house calls accordingly. We cannot always tell you in advance which doctor will visit you.

Whilst we encourage patients to come to the surgery, where our full range of equipment and facilities are available, we do appreciate this is not always possible. A home visit may be more appropriate in certain circumstances.

Home visits should only be requested if you are genuinely housebound or unable to get to the surgery due to ill health, and not because of a lack of transport, social reasons or inclement weather!

You can also be visited at home by a community nurse if you are housebound or unable to get to the surgery due to ill health.

A Health Visitor may also visit if you have recently had a baby, or if you are newly registered to the Practice and have a child under five years.

Change or Cancel an Appointment

Please give us as much notice as possible so we can offer your appointment to someone else.

To cancel your appointment:

  1. Use your NHS account (through the NHS website or NHS App)
  2. Cancel using the GP online system
  3. Phone us on 01395 232509

Out of Hours

Enhanced Access

Please note that our full range of services will not be available during these times.

Local GP practices are working together to offer patients evening and weekend appointments in Woodbury, Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton.

Pre-bookable face-to-face appointments with a clinician are available each Wednesday between 6pm and 7pm. These are primarily aimed at improving access for working patients, though they are not exclusively reserved for full-time workers.

Please see our appointments page for further information or to book one of these appointments.

Dental Pain

We do not have the specialist equipment or appropriate training to be able to examine you correctly, therefore you must contact your dentist. 

  • If you are in pain and registered with a dentist please contact them for advice and treatment. 
  • If you have a dental emergency and do not have an NHS dentist you can contact the Emergency Dental Service on 0333 0063 300.
  • If you have rapidly growing facial swelling, causing eye closure and shortness of breath you must attend your nearest Accident and Emergency.

Further Information

Life Threatening

Call 999 or go to A&E now if:

  • you or someone you know needs immediate help
  • you have seriously harmed yourself – for example, by taking a drug overdose

A mental health emergency should be taken as seriously as a medical emergency.

Find your nearest A&E

If you are deaf, call 999 BSL

Urgent But Not Life Threatening

Visit an urgent care centre if:

  • You have an urgent medical issue requiring on the day attention

Find Urgent Care Services

Non-urgent

Use NHS 111 if:

  • You need help now, but it’s not an emergency

There will be someone to provide you with advice and to direct you to a clinician if it is necessary.

Visit NHS 111 Online