Ashdown Forest Health Centre

All the doctors are approved by the Primary Care Trust to provide the following services: maternity medical services, child health surveillance, contraceptive services, minor surgery services. Please check with our reception for all surgery and clinic times before coming to the health centre for an appointment. Each day one doctor is our duty doctor to deal with urgent appointments and visits, so surgery times can change as that doctor will be less available for non-urgent appointments.

Please telephone us after 9.00am for non-urgent enquiries. The health centre is closed Monday to Friday 12.30 - 1.30pm.

Please advise us if you will not be attending for a pre-booked appointment, as it is our policy to remove from our list, patients who repeatedly fail to attend without good reason/prior notice.

WHAT TO DO WHEN THE SURGERY IS CLOSED

If you feel the situation is an emergency, then you should consider dialling 999 to request an ambulance. If you need healthcare information or advice NHS Direct is a telephone service staffed by nurses giving confidential assistance 24 hours a day. Telephone 0845 4647. On-line help and advice about treatment from the NHS is also available on the website - www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk If you need a doctor urgently when the surgery is closed, please telephone South East Health (formerly ON CALL CARE) on 0845 155 2255 where your call will be answered by a trained receptionist who will assist you. The service is intended for urgent but not emergency help. During our lunchtime closure telephone (01342) 822131 for contact telephone number.