Appointments

Surgery opening hours :

Monday 08:00 – 06:30

Tuesday 08:00 – 06:30

Wednesday 08:00 – 06:30

Thursday 08:00 – 06:30

Friday 08:00 – 06:30

Saturday – Closed

Sunday – Closed

Surgery Phone lines are open from 08:30 – 06:30

To request an urgent appointment or routine appointment (Monday to Friday)

  • Phone lines are open – Monday to Friday, from 8:30am to 6.30pm.
  • Doors are open from 8:00am to 6:30pm.
  • Visit the surgery and speak with a receptionist to book an appointment.

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.

Your appointment

However you choose to contact us we may offer you a consultation:

  • by phone
  • face to face at the surgery
  • Video consultation
  • Online consultation

Appointments by phone can be more flexible and often means the doctor or nurse can help you sooner.

Cancelling or changing an appointment

  • Telephone the surgery as soon as possible on 020 8952 3721, and at least 30 minutes before your appointment time

Cancellations notified less than 30 minutes before the appointment time will be recorded as failure to attend (DNA).

Repeated failure to attend booked appointments is a significant waste of NHS resources.

Home visits

If you are too ill to come to the surgery you may need to request a home visit, but please remember these are intended for the housebound, bed-bound, terminally ill patients or those whose condition will deteriorate with travel.

If you feel too ill to wait in the waiting room please let the receptionist know and we can arrange for you to sit in another area.

The best care can often be given at the surgery, but If you still think you need a home visit telephone the surgery preferably before 11:00am. The receptionist will need to take some details about what is wrong so that more urgent calls can be given priority.

If you need help when we are closed

If the situation is an emergency or life threatening, dial 999 and ask for an ambulance.

For urgent medical advice between 6.30pm and 8.30am weekdays, or during weekends and Bank Holidays, use NHS 111.

For children under 5 phone 111.

For people aged 5 and over go to the 111.nhs.uk website.

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Your nearest out of hours / walk-in centres

Edgware NHS Walk-in Centre
Edgware Community Hospital
Burnt Oak Broadway
Edgware
Middlesex
HA8 0AD

Opening Times – 07:00-21:00, seven days a week
Telephone: 020 8732 6459

Haverstock Healthcare (Barnet Hospital)
Urgent Care Centre
Barnet General Hospital,
Wellhouse Lane
Barnet
Hertfordshire
EN5 3DJ

Opening Times: 24 hours, seven days a week
Telephone: 020 8216 4600

Your nearest urgent care centre

The following urgent care Centre and A&E is located nearby to Harrow:

Northwick Park Hospital

Watford Road
Harrow
Middlesex
HA1 3UJ

Opening Times: 24 hours a day, seven days a week
Telephone: 020 8864 3232

If you need help with your appointment

Please tell us:

  • If there’s a specific doctor, nurse or other health professional you would prefer to respond.
  • If you would prefer to consult with the doctor or nurse by phone, face-to-face, by video call or by text or email.
  • If you need an interpreter.
  • If you have any other access or communication needs.

GP access Centres

These GP Access Centres provide additional clinical times, during a period when there are considerable pressures on your GP practice. This service enables patients to receive timely access to primary care services in in their locality, but not necessarily at their usual GP practice.

These Access Centres enable GP practices to direct patients to a local practice that is open during evenings and weekends, in order to achieve 08:00hrs – 20:00hrs access to primary care.

Access appointments can be booked via the Practice or by calling NHS 111.

The GP Access Centre is located at:

Alexandra Avenue Health Centre
275 Alexandra Ave
Harrow
HA2 9DX

Opening Hours: 08:00 -20:00 Monday – Sunday

Date published: 8th October, 2014
Date last updated: 5th April, 2023