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.

• Phone us on 01622 831257, Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 6pm
• Visit the surgery and speak with a receptionist, Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 6:30pm

We will use the information you give us to choose the most suitable doctor, nurse or health professional to help you. You may be signposted to an expert clinician outside the surgery.

There may be a few week's wait before your appointment.

You can choose the doctor you would like to see at a time that suits you. We would like to suggest that you continue to see your doctor for any ongoing condition. 

To request a routine appointment in the next 6 weeks:

1. Request an appointment online
2. Use your NHS account (through the NHS App) to book appointments, blood tests, and request sick notes
3. Phone us on 01622 831257, Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 6pm
4. Visit the surgery and speak with a receptionist, Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 6:30pm

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.

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

Information and advice for travelling abroad.

Visit our Travel Information page

If you are housebound and need an appointment, we may have to 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 on 01622 831257 as soon after 8:30am as possible.

If the severity of the medical condition is such that you are unable to travel, then the emergency car will bring the duty doctor to see you at home. It is possible that this doctor will contact you before visiting to check on your medical condition, ensuring a visit is needed and confirm directions.

Be reassured that the 111 service  and the ambulance service SECAMB work in close cooperation.

Signs of serious illness in children

You can now see a GP or other healthcare professional during:

• weekday evenings between 6.30pm and 8pm (some practices offer early morning appointments)
• Saturdays and Sundays/Bank Holidays

These appointments offered could be:

• At your registered practice
• At another local GP practices
• At another local NHS service, such as a General Practice Hub

What type of appointments will be available?

Evening appointments between 6.30pm to 8pm Monday to Friday will be offered by a practice in your local area. These appointments will be offered by a range of clinical professionals. Some practices in your local area may offer early morning appointments. 

On Saturdays, a clinical professional will be available between 8am to 12pm at a practice in your local area (times may vary).

On Sundays and Bank Holidays a GP will be available between 9am to 12.30pm at a hub in Tonbridge or Maidstone.

Who can book these appointments?

Improved Access appointments are available for all patients in west Kent, regardless of where they are located. This means that patients can be seen by a clinical professional 7 days a week, 52 weeks of the year. It will be unlikely that you will be seen by your normal GP and it is likely that you will have to go to a different surgery to your registered practice for these appointments.

How can I book an appointment? 

In order to book these appointments, you contact your surgery reception staff as normal. You will not be able to phone the reception staff on Saturdays, Sundays / Bank Holidays or between 6.30 pm to 8.00 pm Monday to Friday.

Sevenoaks Urgent Treatment Centre, based at Sevenoaks Hospital is open 8am to 8pm 7 days a week, 365 days a year and it now has only one GP providing up to 32 appointment slots per day

The service is suitable for patients for same day appointments that cannot wait 24 hours to be seen.

Patients can be seen by a GP in the UTC either by obtaining an appointment through NHS 111 by asking for a booked appointment, or alternatively signposted to attend as a walk-in.

Watch this video to find out how NHS 111 works

• Aylesford - Sainsbury’s 01622 701820
• Larkfield - Tesco 01622 701449
• Maidstone - Medipharmacy 01622 750785, Morrisons 01622 661750, Link Pharmacy 01622 752990 (not open Sundays)
• Sevenoaks - Sainsbury’s 01732 469198
• Tonbridge - East Street Pharmacy 01732 770055
• Tunbridge Wells - Sainsbury’s 01892 532569
• Boots pharmacies in major towns are open on Sundays

Contact your dentist first. If you don’t have a dentist call 0300 123 4412. Open 8am to 4pm from Monday to Friday.

On evenings and weekends, phone DentaLine 01634 890300.