Appointments

 

Book or cancel an appointment at our GP surgery.

Pharmacy and Self Care

See a Pharmacist

Many conditions can be treated without seeing a GP. With NHS Pharmacy First and your local surgery, you have access to free online appointments, prescriptions, and fast delivery. Pharmacists can advise on various conditions and may offer treatment and prescriptions without a GP visit.

Self-Care

Visit our self-help pages for local and national services you can self-refer to, as well as links to NHS information and resources.

Visit our Self Help Zone

Book an Appointment

Urgent appointments

Please request an urgent appointment during our practice opening hours

Ways to book

  1. Request an urgent appointment online
  2. Telephone: 01993 702911

All urgent appointment requests must be sent through using the GP online system. This is so the assessing clinicians can direct you to the best help for you. This might mean that they see you on the same day or book you in for a routine appointment.

Extended Access

We also have extended access available. See our Out of Hours information.

Book a routine appointment

Please request a routine appointment during our practice's opening hours.

All appointment requests must be sent through using the GP online system, even if they are for a routine appointment. This is so that the assessing clinicians can check to ensure that you do not need to be seen sooner.

Ways to book

  1. Request an appointment online
  2. If you need a routine appointment to see a nurse (e.g., repeat blood test), please call the practice on 01993 702911

Blood tests

Blood tests can be booked online or with us at the practice.

How to book

  1. Book your blood test online - Monday to Friday in the mornings and Tuesday to Thursday afternoons
  2. Telephone the practice on 01993 702911 - 11am to 12:15pm and 2:30pm to 6pm

Midwife appointments

Please inform us that you are pregnant by contacting us online, and a member of our team will send you the information you need to book a Midwife appointment. 

The midwives run a clinic here at the Windrush Medical Practice Tuesdays and Thursdays (by invitation only).

You will be contacted directly for your first booking appointment – if you have not heard by 10 weeks, please contact the surgery

The midwives also run a clinic at the Witney Community Hospital from Monday to Friday 1pm to 4pm. Anyone wishing to see a midwife for advice will be welcome at this clinic – please call 01993 708742.

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

Please do not request home visits via our online services.

Home visits are to be requested if you are housebound or too ill to attend the surgery. A housebound patient is defined as being an individual who is unable to leave their home environment due to a physical or psychological illness.

An individual is not housebound if they are able to leave their home with minimal assistance. Each patient would be assessed to determine their eligibility for home visits by a qualified GP.

If you require a home visit from your doctor, please call before 10am.

Please be prepared to give information to our patient services team to help us to determine the urgency. A doctor may sometimes call you first before visiting to determine whether a visit is the best way of addressing your problem.

Change or Cancel an Appointment

If you are unable to attend your appointment, no longer require it, or would like to reschedule, please contact us. Your appointment can then be used by another patient.

To cancel your appointment:

  1. Phone us on 01993 702911
  2. Cancel using the GP online system

Out of Hours

Enhanced Access

We offer blood tests and some nursing appointments on Fridays between 7:30am to 8am. See our appointments page to request an early morning appointment

Our GPs also offer phone appointments outside of the core hours.

Additional surgeries are held on Fridays between 7:30am to 8am and 6:30pm to 7pm (on Friday evenings the surgery is not open, once patients arrive we close the door).

We also offer extended phone appointments Monday to Thursday from 6:30pm to 7pm. These are pre-booked and the surgery is not open during these times.

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 But Not Life Threatening

Visit an urgent care centre if:

  • You have an urgent medical issue requiring on the day attention

Find Urgent Care Services

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