Need Care Out of Hours
Leicester City Healthcare Hubs
Leicester City patients have an extra 2,350 additional evening and weekend appointments that they can book each week, on top of what is already available through GP practices locally.
If you are registered with any GP practice in Leicester City, you can now benefit from an appointment with a GP or an advanced nurse practitioner, during evenings, weekends and bank holidays at one of four healthcare hubs in the city. Additional daytime appointments have been made available at Westcotes Health Centre and Merlyn Vaz Health Centre, which now operate from 8am to 8pm, seven days a week.
Booking Appointments:
Appointments can be booked at the new hub from 8am to 8pm seven days a week, by patients registered at any GP practice in Leicester City. Appointments can be booked for the same day or pre-booked in advance.Appointments can be booked by calling your GP Surgery or NHS 111.
There are a set number of appointments at the hubs each day. Patients MUST telephone for an appointment before they travel, to ensure they will be able to be seen.
Opening times:
Merlyn Vaz Health & Social Care Centre and Westcotes Health Centre
8:00am to 8:00pm, seven days a weekBelgrave Health Centre and Saffron Surgery
Weekdays: 6:30pm to 10:00pmWeekends and bank holidays: 12:00pm to 8:00pm
Hub locations:
• Merlyn Vaz Health & Social Care Centre, 1 Spinney Hill Road, Leicester, LE5 3GH• Westcotes Health Centre, Fosse Road South, Leicester, LE3 0LP
• Belgrave Health Centre, 52 Brandon Street, Leicester, LE4 6AW
• Saffron Surgery, 509 Saffron Lane, Leicester, LE2 6UL
For more information please visit https://www.leicestercityccg.nhs.uk/find-a-service/you-and-your-gp-practice/your-appointment-at-your-gp-practice/healthcare-hubs/ or click here to view our information leaflet.
Out-of-Hours Information
If our Surgery is closed and you have a medical condition that cannot wait until the practice opens, then telephone our out-of-hours telephone number: NHS 111Minor Illness
For minor illness please visit your Pharmacy, or see below for items that can be prescribed over the counter.Pharmacy First – Over the Counter Medications – English
Pharmacy First – Over the Counter Medications – Gujrati
Pharmacy First – Over the Counter Medications – Hindi
Pharmacy First – Over the Counter Medications – Latvian
Pharmacy First – Over the Counter Medications – Polish
Pharmacy First – Over the Counter Medications – Slovak
