The Northolme Practice now offer a much wider range of appointments to suit your needs. Some patients may not always need a GP appointment. A brief overview of services we may direct you to are as follows:
TELEPHONE 01422 206121 / 01422 205154
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Simple Medical Issues that can be dealt with over the phone, pain relief, gout, UTI's, home visit requests
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Local Pharmacies - for minor ailments
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Physiotherapy - All muscular, skeletal, joint or nerve issues
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Podiatry - All issues with the feet and ankle
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Out of Hours Doctor appointments - available at Rastrick Health Centre, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 6.30pm to 8.00pm and on Saturdays 9.00am to 5.00pm.
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Out of Hours Blood appointments - available at Rastrick Health Centre, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 6.30pm to 8.00pm and on Saturdays 9.00am to 5.00pm. Also, available at Broad Street Plaza on Saturday and Sunday morning, drop in only with blood form.
ONLINE SERVICES
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PATCHS online consultation service for non-urgent medical requests, admin queries, HRT/contraception medication, travel vaccination requests, sick notes, result follow up queries, simple ear wax issues.
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Appointment information:
PATCHS online consultation service
For routine medical matters or administration requests we recommend patients use PATCHS. You can request HRT/contraception medication, travel vaccination requests, sick notes, result follow up queries, simple ear wax issues.
PATCHS online consultation service provides a convenient way for patients who don't need an urgent appointment to contact us at a time when it suits them. You can submit routine medical requests Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 6:30pm. We aim to respond to requests within 72 hours and during surgery opening hours.
PATCHS login
Register for a PATCHS account
Use the Airmid App, NHS App or SystmOnline to:
(different from the PATCHS service above)
Book, check, and cancel appointments
Order prescriptions
View your medical record, including information about medicines, vaccinations, and test results.
Not registered for online services? Visit our Online Services page for more information.
If you're already registered for online services you can login to SystmOnline.
Telephone
01422 206121 or 01422 205154, 8.00am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday
Please be aware that the phone lines are very busy between the hours of 8.00am to 9.00am, and 12.00pm to 1.00pm. When booking an appointment, we have asked the reception team to ask you for brief details regarding your medical problem. This will allow you to be directed to the right member of the healthcare team.
In person
If attending to make an appointment in person, please check our surgery opening times.
Book on the day appointments
If your matter is urgent for the same day, these appointments are released daily at 8.00am for a telephone call back with a Clinician the same morning. Further appointments are then released at 12.00pm for a call back with a Clinician in the afternoon. The Clinician may need to see you face to face after your initial phone appointment, this could be the same day, but will be arranged by the Clinician as appropriate.
Please be aware the phone lines are very busy between the hours of 8.00am to 9.00am, and 12.00pm to 1.00pm.
Routine appointments
If your matter is not urgent for the same day, we advise you to use the PATCHS online consultation service. If you are not able to use PATCHS, or prefer to telephone, we advise that you call when the phone lines are less busy, between the hours of 10.00am and 11.30am or 1.30pm and 6.30pm.
Evening and Weekend Appointments
Known as Extended Access appointments, are available at your locality hub, Rastrick Health Centre.
We are working together with our neighbouring practices to offer patients increased access to routine evening and weekend appointments with GP’s, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Nurses and other healthcare professionals from locally based hubs.
Extended access appointments are held at Rastrick Health Centre, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 6.30pm to 8.00pm and on Saturdays 9.00am to 5.00pm. If you need an appointment at one of these times please ask a Northolme receptionist who will be able to book an appointment for you.
To book an extended access appointment please contact the Northolme Practice on 01422 206121 or 01422 205154.
To cancel an extended access appointment when the Northolme Practice is closed, please call 01422 893204, or you can use the online service to cancel the appointment.
Extended access appointments are available at Rastrick Health Centre:
Evening Appointments
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
6.30pm to 8.00pm
Appointments held at:
Rastrick Health Centre,
Chapel Croft, Brighouse HD6 3NA
Weekend Appointments
Saturdays
9.00am to 5.00pm
Appointments held at:
Rastrick Health Centre,
Chapel Croft, Brighouse HD6 3NA
By using the extended access appointments service you are consenting for the Locality Hub (Rastrick Health Centre) to have access to your medical record for the purpose of your appointment.
Cancel an Appointment
If you need to cancel an appointment, please cancel as soon as possible via the online service. You can cancel appointments using the Airmid app, NHS app, or SystmOnline.
Cancel your appointment via SystmOnline.
If you don't have online access, please cancel your appointment via reception on 01422 205154 or 01422 206121.
Missed appointments
If you cannot attend an appointment for any reason it is very important that you cancel and inform us as soon as possible in order for us to give the appointment slot to someone else.
If you fail to attend 2 appointments, we will write to you advising that you have missed appointments and are at risk of being removed from the practice list if further appointments are missed.
Failure to attend 3 appointments in a 12 month period may result in removal from the practice list and you may have to find an alternative GP practice.