Extra appointments available at evenings and weekends
Did you know you can now book same-day and routine appointments on evenings and weekends through Wakefield Districts’ GP Care Wakefield service?
Lupset Health Centre works with other practices in West Wakefield to provide these extra appointments from a number of sites across the district. Staffed by local GPs, nurses and other healthcare professionals, you can get:
- Same-day appointments for urgent issues
- Routine GP appointments
- Routine nurse appointments
- Dressings and clip removals
- Blood tests
- ECGs
- Long-term condition reviews
- Cervical smears
- Spirometry
- B12 injections
- Repeat contraception reviews
Book an appointment
Contact our practice reception team to book and evening or weekend appointment. All appointments must be pre-booked as this is not a walk-in service. If you are unwell when we are closed, call the practice number (01924 668977) to be put through to GP Care Wakefield.
Opening times
Monday to Friday: 5pm – 9.30pm
Saturdays 9am – 5pm
Sundays 9am – 1pm
Bank holidays 9am – 3pm
Locations
Church View Health Centre – Langthwaite Road, South Kirkby, Pontefract WF9 3AP
Elizabeth Court Surgery – Elizabeth Drive, Castleford WF10 3TG
Northgate Surgery – Northgate, Pontefract WF8 1NF
Ossett Surgery – Ossett Health Village, Kingsway, Ossett WF5 8DF
Trinity Medical Centre – Thornhill Street, Wakefield WF1 1PG
Kings Medical Centre – King Edward St, Normanton WF6 2AZ
To keep up to date with any information regarding GP Care Wakefield, please follow this link to Conexus Healthcare website https://conexus-healthcare.org/#
FAQs
Is this part of the NHS? Yes, GP Care Wakefield is an NHS Service provided by Conexus Healthcare on behalf of all primary care networks and practices across Wakefield District.
How is GP Care Wakefield staffed? By clinical and practice staff who work in the local area.
Will GP Care Wakefield have access to my medical records? Yes, clinical staff who work in GP Care can access your record to provide the safest care. You will be asked to consent to share your records if this isn’t already in place and notes from your GP Care Wakefield appointment is available to your own GP.
Why is Lupset Health Centre not running this service? GP Care Wakefield is an additional service to complement existing GP services at our practice. By running the service from convenient locations across the district, staff from local practices can sustainably provide these extra appointments and offer you a wider range of services.
I have an appointment with GP Care Wakefield but can’t make it. If you need to cancel your appointment, please call your GP practice number as usual and speak to the reception team.
I prefer to see a female doctor, can I request this? Yes, you can request this, however, they cannot always guarantee this.
What is I need a referral or scan? GP Care Wakefield can order scans, tests, prescribe electronically, and make referrals to the hospital and related services if you need them.
I have feedback or a complaint about the GP Care Wakefield Service. Please get in touch with the GP Care Wakefield team. By knowing about the problem, they can try their best to solve it straight away for you.
