Appointments

 

For non-urgent issues, please follow the guidelines below and choose the right service. An appointment may not be necessary.

This will help us to be more efficient by making an appointment available to you when you need it the most.

Pharmacy and Self Care

See a Pharmacist

Many conditions can be treated without the need to see your GP.

Self-Care

Help and support available from many National and Local Organisations

Visit our Self Help Zone

Book an Appointment

Making an Appointment

If you wish to make an appointment with a doctor, please complete an online medical enquiry form. After an online medical enquiry has been completed, a named GP will triage and we will offer a face-to-face appointment or a telephone consultation as clinically indicated.

If you have an urgent request requiring a same day appointment with a doctor then please fill the online form in between 8am and 11 am when it is available.  

For all routine GP appointment requests please complete the  form in from 1:30pm to 4:30pm

In the afternoon if you have an urgent request requiring doctor attention please phone the surgery after 1pm.

For all other appointment requests not involving a doctor eg need nurse to dress wound,  call the surgery on 01223 361611 or 01223 845185

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

Home Visits

Home visits are for those who are too frail or unwell to attend the surgery. Requests for a home visit will be triaged by the practice nurses or a doctor.
If medically necessary the doctor will visit at the end of their surgery or sooner if urgent.

Please try to telephone the surgery before 10.00am so that the doctor can plan his/her visit schedule.

Change or Cancel an Appointment

If you cannot attend an appointment for any reason please inform us as soon as possible in order to enable us to offer the slot to another patient. Appointments can also be cancelled by the NHS app, completing an admin enquiry form on our online consulting tool or by contacting us via our landline numbers  01223 361611 / 01223 845185

Please read our Did Not Attend policy

Out of Hours

Evening and Weekend Appointments

Evening and weekend appointments now available to see a Nurse, GP or Health Care Assistant

These are provided to all patients in Cambridge, Ely, Royston and surrounding villages at a local hub. These hubs are at Nuffield Medical Centre Cambridge, Comberton Surgery Cambridge, St May’s Surgery Ely and Royston Health Centre Royston.

These are for routine and non-urgent appointments and can be booked by our Reception team, who will tell you the time, date and venue.

Patients are able to be seen within 48 hours for all acute conditions. For all other appointments you are able to pre book up to 8 weeks in advance.

Find out more about extended access

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

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

Chaperones

You are very welcome to be accompanied by a trusted friend or relative at your consultation if you wish.

Read our Chaperone Policy