You & Your General Practice

This guide tells you what to expect from your general practice (GP) and how you can help them, so you get the best from the National Health Service (NHS). More details can be found through the links below.

When and how can you contact your general practice?

Your general practice is open from 8.00am to 6.30pm*, Monday to Friday. 

*In Bath & Northeast Somerset, GP Surgeries close at 6.00pm.

Throughout these hours you, or your carer on your behalf, can:

  • Visit the practice
  • Call them
  • Go online using the practice’s website or the NHS App.

You can choose the way you contact your practice based on what is best for you. Some practices may have longer hours or may ask that you contact them via phone or in person for urgent queries.

For more details see:

NHS England » You and your general practice – English