Appointments

Ring our main switchboard number on 01253 392403 to book an appointment

The doctors and nurses at the surgery are aware of the difficulties faced by both their patients and themselves when carrying out intimate examinations unsupervised in the consulting rooms. In these situations a chaperone may be requested.

Please tell reception if you wish to discuss a matter in private.

Urgent cases are seen on the day. If your condition is non-urgent, you can expect to see a GP within two working days, though you may have to wait longer if you want to see a particular GP. If you do not need an appointment within two working days, you also have the option to book up to four weeks in advance if this is more convenient for you.

Online Appointments

You must have previously obtained the necessary access codes in a registration letter from the practice. Please ask at reception for details.

Remember one appointment equals one patient

Reception

Our receptionists do a difficult job well, trying to keep the practice running smoothly and both doctors and patients happy. They will always do their best to help you. Please be considerate when speaking to them.

How you can help us:

• Be on time for your appointment
• Tell us if you need to cancel

Home Visits

If possible please try to telephone reception before 10:00 if you require a home visit.

A doctor or nurse may phone you back as it may be that your problem can be dealt with by telephone advice, or that it would be more appropriate to send a nurse, or indeed arrange a hospital attendance.

House visits are only available for patients who are housebound because of illness or disability.

Please remember that several patients can be seen in the practice in the time that it takes to make one home visit. There are also better facilities for examining and treating patients at the surgery.

GP Training

Layton Medical Centre is attached to the Manchester Deanery and provides training posts in Primary Care for qualified doctors, in their second year post qualification. This means that at any one time there will be an additional two doctors attached to the practice each on a four month rotation bringing the total to five doctors working within the centre on a daily basis.

We also provide tuition for medical students.