Middle Chare Surgery Opening Times

Opening Hours

The surgery is open at the following times 

Telephones are transferred to the Out of Hours service at 18:00 each evening, and the doors are sometimes closed early for staff security in which case please knock.

Please note both practice's closes one half day a month for protected learning time, this is the 3rd Thursday of the month The dates can be found on the above tab.

Woodlands Surgery Opening Time

Opening Hours

The surgery is open at the following times 

Telephones are transferred to the Out of Hours service at 18:00 each evening, and the doors are sometimes closed early for staff security in which case please knock.

Please note the practice closes one half day a month for protected learning time. The dates can be found on the above tab.

When We Are Closed

The surgery is open from 8:00am until 6:00pm weekdays, but is normally closed at weekends and bank holidays.

We are closed every 3rd Thursday from 12.00pm for Staff Training

All services outside of our normal opening hours are provided by the North Durham Clinical Commissioning Group which has doctors and emergency care nurse practitioners working at the University Hospital of North Durham.

They make home visits, give telephone advice or arrange for consultations at the Out of Hours Centre.

What to do when your GP practice is closed:

• if it's a life-threatening emergency call 999
• if you need medical help but its not an emergency call 111

During normal practice hours, the practice remains your first point of contact for all routine requests.

NHS 111

NHS 111 is the number to call when you need medical help fast but it's not a life-threatening emergency. You should call 111 when:

• you want to see a GP on a weekend between 
• you think you need to go to A&E or to another NHS urgent care service
• your GP surgery is closed and you need healthcare advice
• you don't know who to call for medical help.

Calls to NHS 111 are free to landlines and mobiles and NHS 111 is available 24/7, every day of the year.

When you call 999

Call 999 for life threatening emergencies such as:

• major accident or trauma
• severe breathlessness
• severe bleeding
• loss of consciousness
• severe chest pain

Protected Learning Time

The surgery, like all others in Chester le Street and Durham, closes one half day every month, from noon for practice learning time to share best practice and better develop our services.

All practices in North Durham now have their training on the same day to allow for joined up training and it is now the third Thursday of the month.

Extended Access Service

With effect from the 1st September 2017, there is an extended access service, running Monday to Friday evenings, and Saturday and Sunday. Please just ask Reception staff for details.

Both GP and Nurse or Health Care Assistant appointments are available.

This is an extension of the GP service that runs as normal throughout the day, and is aimed firstly for those people who, for example, work and find it difficult to get to see a GP or Nurse or Health Care Assistant during the day.