General Practice / GPs

Evening and weekend appointments

A range of appointments are available on evenings and at weekends.

Additional appointments will be available between 6.30pm and 8.00pm Monday to Friday, and between 9.00am and 5.00pm on Saturdays for all patients.

You may be offered an appointment at your GP surgery or another location nearby. This may be a:

• a face to face appointment
• a telephone consultation
• a video consultation

To book an appointment between these hours, please call your practice.

If you need an appointment out of hours, please telephone your surgery and listen to the out of hours information on the answer phone message.

Alternatively, you can go to NHS 111 online www.111.nhs.uk or by dialling 111. 

Primary Care Networks

Most GP practices in England work together in groups known as Primary Care Networks (PCNs). These bring together a group of closely connected local practices, along with community, mental health, social care, pharmacy, hospital and voluntary services to work together in the best interests of their local population. 

PCNs aim to further improve access, availability and quality of primary care services locally by: 

• Increasing the number of healthcare staff working in and with GP practices
• Giving people access to a wide range of support for their needs
• Developing community teams to support people in their own homes
• Expanding the services available in GP practices. 

Our PCNs played an important role in the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination, by working together across practices and with partners to organise clinics, invite eligible patients and ensure the vaccines were available and premises were safe. Most GP practices could not have done this alone, and this is just one example of the benefits of working together as a PCN.

PCNs are based on GP registered lists, not on numbers or types of practice, and they typically serve natural communities of around 30,000 to 50,000 people. 

A key feature of PCNs is the addition of new roles into GP practices to help GPs focus their skills where they are most needed, for example diagnosing and treating patients, or referring to the right specialist. These important supporting roles include:

• Clinical pharmacists
• Social prescribing link workers
• First contact physiotherapists 
• Physician associates
• Community paramedics.

Watch this video to learn more about the different roles that can be found in our practices:
 

Our practices by area and PCN

The tables below show all GP practices, divided by Place and then by PCN. You can click to expand the lists and find any local practice. Every PCN has a Clinical Director (CD) - see below for the CD for each PCN.

Dudley

Dudley has 43 GP practices working across six PCNs:

Sandwell

Sandwell has 48 GP practices working across eight PCNs:

Walsall

Walsall has 50 GP practices working across seven PCNs:

Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton has 31 GP practices working across six PCNs: