GP Forward – Extended access service

Derby City Primary Care Ltd comprises of 5 GP surgeries across Derby City, including:

  • Derwent Medical Centre
  • Horizon Healthcare
  • Macklin Street Surgery
  • Osmaston Surgery
  • Wilson Street Surgery

The federation offers extended access appointments to its combined 70,000 patient population. The scheme will supports the surgeries in providing additional appointments that are more accessible for all.

Opening times

Services are provided at the following days/times:

  • Monday to Friday, 6:30pm to 8pm
  • Saturday, 9am to 5pm

All extended access services are provided at Horizon Healthcare, 3-5 Burton Road, Derby, DE1 1TH

How do I access the service?

The provision of this service is only available to patients who are registered with one of the 6 surgeries within Derby City Primary Care.

Appointments are made via the patients’ own GP surgery and are available to patients who are unable to access appointments during normal surgery hours or when surgery appointments are fully booked.

What conditions can be treated?

The hubs are designed to treat patients with acute minor ailments who require a face-to-face clinical assessment in order to be treated appropriately. It will be primarily GP & nurse practitioner appointments.

Patients who cannot be seen

  • Babies under 12 weeks old
  • Pregnancy-related problems
  • Chronic disease or long-term condition management that requires continuity of care
  • Severe mental health problems
  • Patients identified with a potentially life-threatening medical condition which requires referral to urgent or emergency care settings
  • Walk-in patients

At the extended access hub we treat

  • acute minor ailments at face to face appointments with clinicians.

At the extended access hub we do not treat

  • babies under 12 weeks
  • pregnancy related problems
  • chronic disease
  • long term conditions that require more than one appointment
  • severe mental health problems
  • patients identified with a potentially life-threatening medical condition which requires referral to urgent or emergency care settings
  • walk-in patients

Nurse appointments

We have also nurse appointments available at our extended access hub for smear tests and chronic disease reviews. Please check with a patient coordinator.

How to book

This service is currently booking for smear tests and long term condition reviews (eg asthma, diabetes, etc) call the Horizon Healthcare number to book.