For Pharmacy opening times please contact the pharmacy of your choice directly. Glemsford Pharmacy opening times can be found on their website. 

Suffolk GP+ provides extra doctor’s appointments in the evenings, at weekends and Bank Holidays.

Clinics run from bases in Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, Felixstowe, Haverhill, Stowmarket, Wickham Market, Colchester, Sudbury, Mildenhall and Newmarket, and will shortly also run from Glemsford Surgery. 

You can make an appointment by contacting your registered GP practice and asking your receptionist about GP+.

You can also be referred via the NHS 111 telephone helpline, the ambulance service or by Ipswich and West Suffolk hospitals’ A&E departments.

Feedback from patients is overwhelmingly positive – with 98% saying they would recommend Suffolk GP+ to family or friends.

GP+ Opening Times

Please see our opening hours over the festive period: 

Monday 25th December - CLOSED

Tuesday 26th December - CLOSED

Wednesday 27th December - Friday 29th December - 08:00 until 18:30

Monday 1st January - CLOSED

Tuesday 2nd January onwards - 08:00 until 18:30

E-CONSULTS:

Please be mindful that e-Consults will not be reviewed in the same time frame over the bank holiday period. E-Consults submitted on the 22nd/23rd/24th will be reviewed on the 27th/28th/29th December. E-Consults submitted between the 25th December and the 2nd January will be reviewed on the 3rd/4th/5th January.

Prescriptions:

Please note there will be delays in processing prescriptions due to bank holiday closures. Please order your medication with enough time to allow for this. ALL medication requests need to be in writing, either via email: glemsford.dispensary@nhs.net , by using the repeat order slip on your prescription form & handing it into reception, or by completing the prescription order form from reception. 

If you need medical attention while the surgery is closed, please call 111. If your symptoms are serious or life threatening please call 999. 

We would like to take this time to wish all our patients a Merry Christmas, and a healthy, happy new year! 

When the surgery is closed the telephone number for all patients seeking medical advice and attention is – 111

Medical care is provided by Suffolk GP Federation as contracted with NHS Suffolk. You may be asked to attend a medical centre elsewhere to receive medical attention. Please remember that this arrangement applies only to calls out-of-hours, so it would only be in these circumstances that you would see a doctor from a different practice. All non-urgent and routine medical care will be performed in the usual way with one of the doctors in the surgery, during surgery hours.

Out-of-hours services are generally busy so please think carefully before asking to see a doctor and only do so if you genuinely cannot wait until the surgery re-opens.

In a genuine emergency you should call 999. Chest pains and / or shortness of breath constitute an emergency. 

111 online is a fast and convenient alternative to the 111 phone service and provides an option for people who want to access 111 digitally. 

Your needs will be assessed and you will be given advice about whether you need:

• Treat yourself at home
• Go to a Primary Care Centre

If you need face to face medical attention you may be asked to attend a Primary Care Centre.

Click here to access NHS 111 online or call 111 to speak to a staff member.