Home Visits and GP Extended Access

Home visit requests will need to be booked before 12.30pm for urgent requests.

Any routine pre-booked visits can be added throughout the day but all on the day urgent requests must be requested before 12:30pm.

If an urgent visit is requested after this time it may be put for the next working day as per the GP Partners

If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact the surgery.

You may only request a home visit if you are housebound or are too ill to visit the practice. Your GP will only visit you at home if they think that your medical condition requires it and will also decide how urgently a visit is needed. Please bear this in mind and be prepared to provide suitable details to enable the doctor to schedule house calls

You can also be visited at home by a community nurse if you are referred by your GP. You should also be visited at home by a health visitor if you have recently had a baby or if you are newly registered with a GP and have a child under five years.

The practice is a member of Blackburn with Darwen's Local Primary Care GP federation.  Local Primary Care federation runs a GP extended access service that provides additional appointments at four neighbourhood spoke surgeries. Patients can be booked into one of the four spoke surgeries via the practice receptionists accordingly. Please ask at reception for more information.

Location of Clinics:

Darwen Health Centre
Barbara Castle Way Health Centre
Little Harwood Health Centre
Shadsworth Surgery

Availability:

Darwen Health Centre - Monday to Friday 17:00 until 21:00.
Barbara Castle Way Health Centre - Monday to Friday 17:00 until 21:00, Saturday and Sunday 08:45 am until 14:30.
Little Harwood Health Centre - Monday to Friday 16:00 until 20:00
Shadsworth Surgery – 17:00 until 21:00

Nurse Asthma and Smear Clinics available to book for Saturday and Sunday Clinics 09:00 to 14:00 at Barbara Castle Way Health Centre in Blackburn.