Surgery Opening Hours
The surgery is open and the reception staff are on duty from 8.00am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays). The telephone lines are answered by our surgery reception staff between 8.00am and 6.30pm, Monday to Friday. Outside of these hours, including weekends, patients are advised to telephone 111 (the NHS call centre). In addition, the surgery also offers early morning commuter clinics on Tuesday and Wednesday from 7.00am.
We are also able to offer patients Enhanced Access appointments early mornings, weekday evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays. Please ask a Receptionist for details.
Please do not assume that there will always be a doctor available when the surgery is open. They may be on home visits, holding clinics (on the surgery premises) or doing other work for the benefit of the practice.
* Telephone consultations between 8.30am to 8.55am or 8.45am to 8.55am
Primary Care Networks Enhanced Access
Morning, evening, and Saturday appointments. More information here
When The Surgery Is Closed
Outside normal surgery hours, patients are advised to telephone 111 (the SEL NHS 111 call centre) and the call will be directed to the appropriate service dependent on the results of a clinical assessment. Calls to 111 from both landlines and mobile phones are free of charge.
Accident & Emergency
The nearest Casualty Departments are at Darent Valley Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital. There are also Urgent Care Centres at Queen Mary’s Hospital, which is open 24 hours, 7 days a week and at Erith Hospital, which is open from 8.00am to 10.00pm, 7 days a week.