Your local general practitioners' (GP) surgery provides a wide range of family health services, including:
- advice on health problems,
- vaccinations,
- examinations and treatment,
- prescriptions for medicines, and
- referrals to other health services and social services.
Your surgery should be able to offer you an appointment to see a GP or other healthcare professional quickly if necessary. However, if it is more convenient, you should also be able to book appointments in advance.
It is important to keep your appointment, or notify the surgery if you have to cancel or change it.
GP-led health centres
Over 150 GP-led health centres are opening across England to make it more convenient for patients to visit their GP. Any patient will be able to pre-book an appointment or simply walk in and see a GP or nurse. Most GP-led health centres are open 8am-8pm, seven days a week, 365 days of the year.
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