When We Are Closed
If you need a doctor’s advice or medical attention when the surgery is closed, this will be provided by ‘Herts Urgent Care’.
Herts Urgent Care operates at the following times:
- Monday-Friday – 6.30pm – 08.00am
- Weekends and Bank Holidays – 24-hour cover until 08.00 on the following working day
To contact Herts Urgent Care call - 111.
(calls are charged at local rates)
The Herts Urgent Care phone will be answered by call handlers who will take down your details and pass them on to the duty doctors and nurses. You will then be called back.
- The service covers over 200,000 patients in the North Hertfordshire and Stevenage area.
- Many problems out-of-hours can be dealt with by advice over the phone.
- If you need to be seen, you will be asked to attend one of the Herts Urgent Care Centres. The nearest centre is at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, next to the A&E department. This is a 10-15 min drive from Baldock. However, from 11pm the Lister centre is closed and if you need to be seen you will be asked to go to another centre - probably at QE2 Hospital in Welwyn Garden City.
- If the doctor thinks a home visit is necessary, they will arrive in a fully equipped, specially marked car.
Please remember...
- You MUST contact the out of hours service by phone first. It is not a walk-in centre, and appointment time and place must be pre-arranged
- the service is for urgent problems only. Please do not contact the out of hours service unless you genuinely cannot wait until the surgery re-opens.
For emergencies like chest pain or breathing problems call 999.
NHS 111
Anyone who lives in, or is visiting, Hertfordshire, can now call 111 when they need medical help fast, but it's not a 999 emergency, life-threatening situation.
NHS Direct
For none urgent problems and advice you can call
NHS Direct (0845 4647) to speak to a nurse. Your problem will be assessed and advice offered or arrangements made for you to speak to a doctor.
Dental Problems
For urgent problems when your dentist is closed, please contact the emergency dental service This service is available from 5:00pm - 9:00am during the week, and also at weekends and Bank Holidays.
(calls are charged at local rate)