Opening Hours

Byfield Medical Centre

Day Opening hours
Tuesday 3 December
8am to 6:30pm
Wednesday 4 December
8am to 6:30pm
Thursday 5 December
8am to 6:30pm
Friday 6 December
8am to 6:30pm
Saturday 7 December
Closed
Sunday 8 December
Closed
Monday 9 December
8am to 6:30pm

Surgery Times

Surgery times are 08:00 - 18:30 Monday to Friday.

Evening Nurse Appointments

If you struggle to come in to see a nurse during the working day we are now offering appointments on two evenings per month up until 19:20, when calling please request an evening appointment

Enhanced Access

Appointments are now available up to 20:00 on weekday evenings and Saturdays 09:00 to 17:00.

These appointments are available through our primary care network both in practice or via telephone and with our partner provider livi who deliver remote consultations by telephone or video.

Appointments are available as follows:

  • Monday evening: Crick Medical Practice & remote appointments with livi
  • Tuesday evening: Saxon Spires Practice & Greens Norton & Weedon Medical Practice. Byfield Medical Centre fortnightly.
  • Wednesday evening: Crick Medical Practice
  • Thursday evening: Long Buckby Practice 3 in 4 & Byfield Medical Centre fortnightly
  • Friday evening: remote appointments with livi
  • Saturday morning: alternating between Greens Norton & Weedon Medical Practice and Saxon Spires Practice
  • Saturday afternoon: remote appointments with livi

Appointments can be booked by contacting the reception team at your own GP practice.

Training

We are closed one Wednesday afternoon per month for essential training from 1.00pm.  The surgery will be closed so there will be no appointments and you are unable to collect medicaton.

 

Wednesday 17th January 2024

Wednesday 14th February 2024

Wednesday 20th March 2024

Wednesday 17th April 2024

Wednesday May 8th 2024

Wednesday 12th June 2024 - early closure at 12.30pm

Wednesday 10th July 2024

 

When We Are Closed

The out-of-hours service is commissioned by NHS Northamptonshire. Byfield Medical Centre does not directly provide the out-of-hours service cover.

Out-of-hours cover is provided by South East Health Limited under the guise of Northamptonshire OOH Service.

This is a co-operative of local GPs set up to ensure that there is always a doctor on call to advise or see patients in an emergency. The service operates during the week from 18:30 until the surgery re-opens the following morning at 08:00. It also runs during weekends from 18:30 on Friday evenings till re-opening on the Monday (or Tuesday in the case of bank holiday weekends).

Callers to Byfield Medical Centre will be asked to call the NHS '111' service by telephone on 111. Trained staff will then deal with your call, and direct you to the most appropriate service. For many problems telephone advice may be all that is required. If a consultation is considered necessary patients may be invited to attend the Out-Of-Hours Centre at Danetre Hospital to see the duty doctor there. During overnight periods i.e. from 23:00 to 08:00, where a consultation is considered necessary, patients may be invited to attend the Out-of-Hours Centre in Northampton to see the duty doctor there. Home visits during the overnight period by the Northamptonshire OOH Service will only be made to those patients who are genuinely too ill to travel.

For less urgent health needs, you should still contact your GP or local pharmacist in the usual way.

We are required to inform you that all telephone calls to the 111 service are recorded for security purposes.

For immediate, life-threatening emergencies please continue to dial 999.

NHS 111 Online

111 online is a fast and convenient alternative to the 111 phone service and provides an option for people who want to access 111 digitally. 

Your needs will be assessed and you will be given advice about whether you need:

  • Treat yourself at home
  • Go to a Primary Care Centre

If you need face to face medical attention you may be asked to attend a Primary Care Centre.

Click here to access NHS 111 online or call 111 to speak to a staff member.