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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.
Book an Appointment
Check your condition first
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.
Pharmacy & Self-Care
Pharmacy
Pharmacists are qualified healthcare professionals who can offer clinical advice, over the counter medicines and their use, to effectively and safely manage a range of minor health concerns. They can also help you to decide whether you'll need to see a doctor. You don't need an appointment and you won't even be asked to make a purchase. Every pharmacy also has a private consultation area for you to talk about your symptoms in private if you prefer.
Self-Care
Help and support available from many National and Local Organisations
Urgent appointments for today or tomorrow
You can request an appointment with a GP or NP by using our Accurx Triage Request Form.
Your request will be assessed by the triage team.
You will then be offered an appointment to best match your clinical condition within a safe timescale. If you submit your form after 1pm and you believe your problem is urgent, please follow up your form with a call to the surgery. This is so we can find your request and highlight to the GP.
Book a Routine GP or NP Appointment
For all routine appointments with a GP/NP please complete the Accurx Triage Form.
If you are unable to do so then please telephone the surgery after 10am and the reception will fill in the form for you.
Practice Nurse and HCA Appointments
You can also book an appointment using Systmone Online Services.
Telephone your surgery:
- Elmham: 01362 668 215
- Swanton: 01362 638 100
- Toftwood: 01362 691 196
Register a Birth or Death
Appointments with a Registrar for birth and deaths can now be booked via The Council Customer Service Centre on 0344 800 8020.
Patients can call between 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday and book their appointment to register a birth or death at the best office for them, at the earliest or most convenient time.
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.
Travel Vaccinations
Information and advice for travelling abroad.
Home Visits
Please be aware that our GPs will always call to assess the home visit request first.
If you need a home visit, you can help us by calling reception before 10am.
- Telephone your surgery:
- Elmham: 01362 668 215
- Swanton: 01362 638 100
- Toftwood: 01362 691 196
You may only request a home visit if you are housebound or are too ill to visit the practice. Your GP will only visit you at home if they think that your medical condition requires it and will also decide how urgently a visit is needed.
You can be visited at home by a community nurse if you are referred by your GP. You should also be visited at home by a health visitor if you have recently had a baby or if you are newly registered with a GP and have a child under five years.
Change or Cancel an Appointment
Please give us as much notice as possible so we can offer your appointment to someone else.
Ways to cancel
- Telephone us on 01362 668 215.
- Cancel using our online services
Out of Hours
Enhanced Access
As part of the Mid-Norfolk Primary Care Network, we offer appointments with GPs, Nurses and other Healthcare Professionals to enhance access to GP services outside the normal surgery opening times.
Opening Times
- Weekday Evenings: 6:30pm to 8pm
- Saturdays: 6:30pm to 8pm
- This service is for routine appointments only and can only be pre-booked.
- This is not a walk-in or emergency service and you will need to pre-book an appointment to be seen.
- If you require urgent care, please contact NHS 111 or, for medical emergencies, call 999.
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.
Urgent But Not Life Threatening
Visit an urgent care centre if:
- You have an urgent medical issue requiring on the day attention
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.
Chaperones
You are very welcome to be accompanied by a trusted friend or relative at your consultation if you wish.