Appointments

Urgent appointments

To request an urgent appointment for today or tomorrow (Monday to Friday)

When you get in touch, we’ll ask what you need help with.

We will use the information you give us to choose the most suitable doctor, nurse or health professional to help you.

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Routine appointments

To request a routine appointment in the next 7 days

When you get in touch, we’ll ask what you need help with.

We will use the information you give us to choose the most suitable doctor, nurse or health professional to help you.

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Your appointment

However you choose to contact us we may offer you a consultation:

  • by phone
  • face to face at the surgery
  • on a video call
  • by text or email.

Appointments by phone, video call or by text or email can be more flexible and often means the doctor or nurse can help you sooner.

To cancel your appointment:

Primary Care Networks (PCNs) provide enhanced access appointments between the hours of 6.30 pm to 8pm Mondays to Fridays and 9am to 5pm on Saturdays. As enhanced access will be delivered at a PCN level, not every practice has to be open during these hours.

We are pleased to be able to offer our patients, as part of Trent Care Network PCN, access to routine, pre-booked appointments at evenings and weekends. These are referred to as Enhanced Access appointments. The service is being delivered at the Cleveland Surgery, Gainsborough on behalf of the PCN and is available for any patient who is registered at any of the practices below:

Caskgate Street Surgery
Cleveland Surgery
Hibaldstow Medical Practice
The Glebe Practice
Trent Valley Surgery

Enhanced Access hours are between 6.30pm-8pm weekdays and 9am-5pm on Saturdays.

Appointments are for pre-bookable, non-urgent consultations (e.g., chronic illness, asthma checks, and blood pressure checks) with GPs, Nurses and Health Care Assistants. Please note, the enhanced access service is not a walk-in service.

As your registered practice (including Cleveland Surgery) will not be physically open during these hours, patients will be unable to have general queries answered or dealt with during enhanced access opening times. Please be aware, your appointment may be a telephone call, video call or a face-to-face appointment, you will be advised at the time of booking.

When booking an appointment, you will need to consent to a Consulting Clinician that may not be your own GP viewing and updating your health record.

To arrange an appointment, please contact your practice.

If you need medical help now, use NHS 111 online or call 111.

NHS 111 online is for people aged 5 and over. Call 111 if you need help for a child under 5.

Call 999 in a medical or mental health emergency. This is when someone is seriously ill or injured and their life is at risk.

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Please tell us:

  • If there’s a specific doctor, nurse or other health professional you would prefer to respond.
  • If you would prefer to consult with the doctor or nurse by phone, face-to-face, by video call or by text or email.
  • If you need an interpreter.
  • If you have any other access or communication needs.

If you are housebound and need an appointment, we will do a home visit. We will phone you first to understand what you need.To request a home visit, it’s helpful if you phone the practice as soon after 8am as possible on 01427 613 158.You can also:

Date published: 11th September, 2023
Date last updated: 21st March, 2024