Lockswood Surgery Southampton

SURGERY TIMES

Consultations Are Available:

Commuter Clinics

We also offer a number of bookable appointments, early morning, evenings and Saturdays, for those patients unable to attend during normal opening hours. They are as follows:

Emergencies And Out Of Hours

In an emergency please telephone 01489 576708. This will connect you with the surgery or advise you, on a recorded message, of the number to ring to contact the out-of-hours service. This is provided by Portsmouth PCT Out-of-hours Service, operating from Drayton. There will be a doctor on duty weekdays from 6.30pm until 8.00am the following morning and at weekends from 6.30pm Friday until 8.00am on Monday morning. If you require medical assistance, the service can provide either telephone advice, an opportunity to visit a doctor at a surgery at Gosport War Memorial or a home visit in appropriate circumstances.

You may also consider making use of your local walk-in centres. These are:

Southampton (Shirley) NHS Walk-in Centre, 1a Howard's Grove, Southampton, Hants SO15 5PR Tel No: 023 8079 0000

Bitterne Walk-in Centre, Bitterne Health Centre, Commercial Street, Southampton SO18 6BT Tel No: 023 8042 6356

Opening hours: Monday - Sunday 7.00am - 10.00pm

NHS Direct

Worrying health problems can crop up at any time but thankfully there is a 24-hour NHS helpline to help you deal with them. The nurse or helpline operator will also have details of health information services. If they think your problem could be more serious they’ll advise on what to do or connect you to 999.

So call the NHS Direct 24 hour confidential helpline on 0845 4647. You can also visit the service online at www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk