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New Southgate Surgery has suitable access for disabled patients. All the patient areas, including the waiting room and consulting rooms, are on the ground floor.

There is a disabled persons toilet and a wheelchair is available at reception. Designated disabled parking spaces are located nearest to the entrance and there is a hearing loop available at the reception desk.

GP Care Wakefield
Extra same-day and routine appointments are available locally with GP Care Wakefield. You can see a GP, nurse, or other healthcare professional. To book a routine appointment with GP Care Wakefield, please contact your Practice reception team.
 
The service is open:
– Monday to Friday, 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm
– Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

The Practice telephones will be automatically diverted during operating hours. Outside of these times please telephone 111 (see below) 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 ensure you give explicit record sharing consent when accepting an appointment with the service. Patients who prefer not to give shared consent cannot access this service.

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

Routine Care by HCA (Health Care Assistant)/Nurse
In addition to the above, between 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm Monday to Friday and 9:00 am and 1:00 pm on weekends and Bank Holiday’s, patients can be seen for routine annual reviews of Heart Disease, Diabetes, COPD, Asthma and Stroke but only if you are well controlled and your condition is stable.

Other routine nurse care includes:
– Blood tests
– Routine ECG (not chest pain)
– Spirometry
– Review of contraception pill
– Repeat depo injection
– Smears
– B12 injection
– Removal of sutures and clips

For more information, please ask reception.

NHS 111
If you need medical help now, use NHS 111 online (111.nhs.uk) or call 111.
 
NHS 111 online is for people aged 5 and over. Call 111 if you need help for a child under 5.
 
Call 999 in a medical or mental health emergency. This is when someone is seriously ill or injured and their life is at risk.
 
Please note that between 6:00 pm and 6:30 pm, Monday to Friday, all calls to the surgery will be redirected to the out of hours service.

Walk-In Centre
The local Walk-In centre is located at: 
King Street Health Centre, 47 King Street, Wakefield WF1 2SY 
Tel: 0845 121 1023

Please note that the Walk-In Centre is open Monday to Sunday, 10:00 am to 10:00 pm

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.