Opening Times

Main Surgery - College Lane, Ackworth 

  * Extended hours only.  Please check at reception times may be subject to change.

Branch Surgery, Thorpe Lane, Thorpe Audlin 

GP Care Wakefield

GP Care Wakefield is an extended out of hours service owned by all Wakefield GP Practices to cover the entire poulation of the Wakefield District.

It Operates from 6-10pm Monday to Friday, and 9-3pm Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays. Telephones will be automatically diverted during operating hours. Outside of these times please telephone 111 or ring back during normal surgery hours if your need is not urgent.

Following triage of your problem, if deemed appropriate the service will offer you a GP appointment at Trinity Medical Centre or Pontefract General Infirmary.

There needs to be shared consent in place for the service to be able to provide safe care therefore please ensute you give explicit record sharing consent when accepting an appointment with the service. Patients who prefer not the give shared consent cannot access this service.

The service is not available for routine matters such as repeat prescriptions.

When We Are Closed

Out-of-hours cover is commissioned by NHS Wakefield District, from 18:30 each evening to 08:00 the following morning, at weekends and all bank holidays. 

Dial 111 for the out-of-hours service.

http://www.nhs.uk/111

Walk-in Centre

You can also attend the local walk-in centre at

King Street Medical Centre, 47 King Street, Wakefield, WF1 2SY. 

Open from 08:00 – 20:00 hours – 7 days a week. No appointment necessary.

Out-of-hours services are generally busy so please think carefully before asking to see a doctor and only do so if you genuinely cannot wait until the surgery re-opens.

In a genuine emergency you should call 999. Chest pains and / or shortness of breath constitute an emergency.  

 TARGET TRAINING FOR SURGERY STAFF

 The practice will be closed on the following dates from 12 noon until the next working day as normal. 

 Wednesday 18th January 2017

 Wednesday 22nd February 2017

Wednesday 15th March 2017

Wednesday 26th April 2017

 Wednesday 17th May 2017

Wednesday 21st June 2017

Wednesday 19th July 2017

Wednesday 20th September 2017

 Wednesday 18th October 2017

Wednesday 15th November 2017

Wednesday 17th January 2018

Wednesday 21st February 2018

Wednesday 21st March 2018

If you require urgent advice or assistance that cannot wait, contact the surgery by telephone and you will be transfered directly to the service providing cover. 

Alternatively, if it can wait, we will re-open at 08:00am tomorrow.  Other sources of care:

College Lane Surgery will be closed on the following

Bank Holidays

 Telephone the surgery when we are closed and you will be automatically directed to the out of hours service.