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.

Pharmacy and Self Care

See a Pharmacist

Many conditions can be treated without the need to see your GP.

Self-Care

Help and support available from many National and Local Organisations

Visit our Self Help Zone

Book an Appointment

Book an Appointment

Appointments are released at 8am for the same day, 8am for 3 day advance appointments and 8am for 2 week advance appointments.

To make an appointment telephone the surgery on 01536 723566 or visit the reception desk during opening hours.

  • We operate a computerised appointments system.
  • Pre-bookable GP appointments are usually available up to three weeks in advance.
  • You may request a doctor of your choice but this will depend on availability.
  • The GPs have requested that receptionists are to ask you to briefly describe your symptoms in order you see the right clinician.

If you have registered for our online service you may book your appointment via our online services page or via The NHS app

All patients are entitled to have a chaperone present for any consultation. Please request this at the time of booking or speak to your doctor.

Telephone advice is also available with a GP or practice nurse if you do not need to see them face-to-face. The receptionist will advise you when this will be convenient or will ask them to call you back.

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.

Visit our Sickness Certificates page

Travel Vaccinations

Information and advice for travelling abroad.

Visit our Travel Information page

Home Visits

Home visits will only be made to patients the doctors consider to be too ill or immobile to come to the surgery. There is no automatic right to a home visit. Requests should be made, if possible, before 10.30am giving the receptionist as much information as you can to assist the doctor in deciding the degree of urgency.

Change or Cancel an Appointment

If you are unable to keep your appointment, please inform the practice as soon as possible. Missed appointments are a waste of a health professionals time. If you are more than 10 minutes late for your appointment you may be asked to rebook.

Out of Hours

Enhanced Access

The Kettering GP Enhanced Access service makes it easier for you to book an appointment with a local GP or other healthcare professional at a time that is more convenient for you. This includes evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays.

Face to face appointments are available at Prospect House, Kettering.

Enhanced access appointments are available as follows:

  • 4pm to 8pm Monday to Friday
  • 9am to 5pm Saturday

A range of appointments are available through the service, including the following:

  • Specialist children’s nurse for minor illness (0 to 6 years)
  • GP’s for routine appointments and test results
  • Health Care Assistant for wound dressings
  • Practice Nurse who will be able to deliver ECG’s, Smears, Foot Checks
  • Dedicated Mental Health Practitioner for acute anxiety, depression and stress
  • Physio who specialises in acute MSK conditions (16+)
  • Minor Illness Nurse (UTI’s, Chest Infections, Asthma, Ear and Throat Infections) 

All appointments for the Kettering GP Extended Access Service will take place at:

Prospect House 
121 Lower Street
Kettering
NN16 8DN

To book your appointment at the HUB, please call 01536 723566 

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.

Find your nearest A&E

If you are deaf, call 999 BSL

Urgent Care Centre

Lakeside Plus in Corby provides medical treatment from 8.00am until 8.00pm every day of the year. It is located at the Willowbrook Health Complex on Cottingham Road, Corby, NN17 2UW. (just by the boating lake).

Further information about Corby Urgent Care Centre is available on the One Medicare website

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.

Visit NHS 111 Online