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Birdhurst Medical Practice
Appointments
Think Pharmacy First
Pharmacists can give you advice on a range of conditions and suggest medicines that can help
Many conditions can be treated without the need to see your GP.
Who to see?
Advice
Please make a selection to reveal who's best to deal with your condition.
How to Book an Appointment
Routine (1 - 4 weeks)
I have a non-urgent problem and can wait 1 to 4 weeks to be seen.
Ways to book:
Urgent (same day)
I have an URGENT health concern requiring on the day attention
If you need to see a Doctor urgently on the day (Urgent meaning it is not regarding regular medication, on-going problems), please telephone the surgery on 020 8686 2070 or come in and book an emergency appointment. These are run every day and are only bookable on the day. This means if you phone in the morning, you will be seen that morning. If you phone in the afternoon, you will be seen in the afternoon.
All requests for same day appointments will be passed to the duty doctor (telephone triage) They will discuss your medical problem with you over the telephone. If they are unable to resolve your problem over the telephone then they will book you a face-to-face appointment for that day
Life Threatening - Go to A&E
If you or someone you know has a life-threatening condition, such as loss of consciousness, chest pain, breathing difficulties etc, you should call 999
In an EMERGENCY call 999.
Emergencies are situations that cannot be managed at home and may be life threatening
Croydon GP Hubs
Need to see a GP but can’t get an appointment? Our GP Hubs can help.
Call NHS 111 before you go to pre-book an appointment or wait to be seen without an appointment at one of our GP Hubs in Central Croydon, Purley, or Parkway.
We're here for you, for longer
Changes to Weekend and Evening Appointments
Access to evening and weekend appointments changed
- Appointments are available to book between 16:00 and 20:00 on weekday evenings and between 09:00 and 17:00 on Saturdays.
- Face-to-face GP and Nurse appointments as well as telephone/video consultations with Allied Health professionals are bookable.
- The location of the Face-to-face appointments is Violet Lane Medical Practice, 231 Violet Lane CR0 4HN
- To book an appointment, contact your GP Practice.
Text Message Reminders
A text reminder service now available - please ensure that your mobile phone numbers are updated at reception and you will be able to receive text reminders of your appointments - if you share a mobile number with children, let us know so that we can opt you in to the service.
Those aged 12 to 15 years are unable to use the reminder service due to confidentiality.
Please note that the services uses a mobile number that we are unable to access - please do not send messages to us via this service.