Monday to Friday between 8.00-8.30am and 12.30-1.30pm, you can contact the surgery via an emergency telephone line. This is for medical problems that cannot wait until we open fully. Please see the Out-of-Hours Emergency Service below for details of how to obtain urgent medical assistance if required.
Additional Information Continued
Staff Training Afternoon - 2nd Tuesday of every month
Please note that both Burnham and Berrow Medical Centre close from 12.30pm on the second Tuesday of each month for GP and staff training and are only open for emergencies in the morning on those days. If you need a doctor in an emergency please ring the usual number 795445 and you will be given details of how to contact our emergency cover.
Out-Of-Hours Emergency Service (6.30pm-8.00am)
The surgery is closed from:
Monday to Friday 6.30pm to 8.00am next morning; Friday 6.30pm to Monday 8.00am; including all Public Holidays.
If you need urgent medical care or advice, or if you become ill after the GP surgery has closed, please telephone NHS 111. They will:
- Offer the patient advice over the telephone from a nurse or doctor, as appropriate
- Advise the patient to go to a primary care treatment centre
- Send a doctor, nurse or paramedic to the patient's home. (This will depend upon the nature and seriousness of the patient's condition.)
- In the case of a critical medical emergency the nurse will telephone 999 on the patient's behalf
NHS 111 - When you need medical help but it isn't an emergency
New service for NHS patients - Click here for more information.