Appointments

Please submit an online triage form and a member of the team will assess your request 

Ways to book

1. Request an appointment online
2. Telephone: 01892 546422

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

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Telephone: 01892 546422

Please give the receptionist as much information as possible. This will help the doctor to prioritise home visits. Sometimes, the doctor may ask a district nurse to make an assessment in the first place.

You shouldn't request home visits at any time because you want to avoid taking time off work or don't have a car.

Violent behaviour toward the practice doctors, staff, or visitors is not allowed. This includes being aggressive, abusive, or threatening. We may remove you from our Practice for behaving like this.

If you're due for a blood test, the surgery will send you an invitation.

If you believe you need a blood test outside of routine investigations, you must first discuss it with a clinician. Please complete an Anima request form.

Open 08:00 - 20:00, 7 days a week 365 days a year

Urgent Treatment Centre’s, based at Sevenoaks Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital, is Open 8am-8pm, 7 days a week 365 days a year and has one GPs stationed there throughout the day, providing up to 32 appointment slots per day.

The service is suitable for patients for same day appointments that cannot wait 24hrs 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.

Improved Access Opening Times

Evenings/Weekends

On the 1^st October 2018 Improved Access was launched nationwide. You can now see a GP or other healthcare professional during:

• weekday evenings between 6.30pm and 8.00pm (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 8.00 am to 12.00 pm at a practice in your local area (times may vary).

On Sundays and Bank Holidays a GP will be available between 9.00 am to 12.30 pm 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 6:30pm to 8pm Monday to Friday.