Book An Appointment or Home Visit
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The Walcote Practice offers consultations in person, by video or by telephone for as long as you require. Consultations of 20 minutes, 30 minutes or longer may be booked. Please always reserve at least 30 minutes for a first consultation – first appointments should always be in person, we do not offer these by telephone or video.
Please click here to learn more about what to expect from, and how to get the most out of, your private GP appointment at The Walcote Practice.
Appointment Bookings
To book appointment with The Walcote Practice, please:
- Call reception on 01962 828715 between 8.30am and 6pm Monday to Friday
- Visit Southgate Chambers in person. Please click here for directions.
Please click on the following links for further information:
- Clinic times
- Urgent Appointments
- Home Visits
- Video Consultations
- GP Advice Calls
- Cancellations
- Repeat Prescriptions
- Registration Forms
- Surgery Addresses and Directions
- Disabled Access
- Out of Hours Service
We wish to make our services accessible to everyone, so please inform us of any particular needs you may have at the time of booking your appointment (such as communication, accessible information or other needs). We will do our best to accommodate these. Also, please note that a parent or guardian must accompany children under the age of 16 for a consultation.
We are able to send appointment reminders via text message at your request.
Clinic times
For your convenience, we offer appointments both within and outside of standard working hours. These include selected later evening and Saturday morning appointments.
Urgent Appointments
To book an urgent appointment or to arrange an urgent home visit, please phone reception on 01962 828715 before 10am and state that your condition is urgent. The receptionist will ask one of our doctors to call you back.
Home Visits
We are able to provide routine pre-arranged home visits to people living within a 20 minute drive of Winchester city centre. Our GPs may be able to visit further afield and are sometimes available on a more urgent basis but, in all cases, please phone or email info@thewalcotepractice.co.uk in advance to discuss availability and arrangements.
If you require certain family members etc to be present when we visit, please arrange this ahead of time.
Video Consultations
The Walcote Practice is able to provide video consultations to new and existing patients. New patients will be asked to complete and return a registration form prior to the first video consultation. Please choose a quiet area in your home/building to ensure that you can hear the doctor clearly and that you are not overheard by anyone nearby as this will help to maintain confidentiality.
GP Advice Calls
Patients who are registered with The Walcote Practice can request to speak to a Private GP during normal working hours by calling reception on 01962 828715 and requesting the GP to call back. The GP will aim to call back as soon as possible and by 5pm on the same day at the latest.
The Walcote Practice also offers telephone consultations to new patients. Such patients will be requested to complete and return a registration form prior to their first telephone consultation.
Cancellations
Please make sure to cancel any appointments which you no longer need to keep, or are unable to attend, as soon as possible. Please note that we reserve the right to charge for appointments changed or cancelled without 48 hours advance notice.
Repeat Prescriptions
If you wish to order a repeat prescription, please call reception on 01962 828715 or email info@thewalcotepractice.co.uk. When emailing a repeat prescription request, please include the following information:
- Your full name
- Date of birth
- Address
- Name of each medication along with dose and duration
Please also state whether you wish to collect the prescription or if you would like it to be posted out to you first class. The doctor may need to see you or speak with you before issuing the prescription. Please allow 1-2 working days to process prescription requests.
Registration Forms
If you are visiting The Walcote Practice for the first time, you will be asked to fill in a short registration form before your appointment. This is to help us become familiar with your medical history so that we can give you the best medical care.
Alternatively, you may print off and fill in the appropriate form below, and bring it with you to your appointment. Please note that it is not compulsory for you to complete this form if you would prefer not to.
- Registration Form – Adult (aged 18 years and above)
- Registration Form – Child (0-18 years)
Surgery Addresses and Directions
To view the site of our main surgery in Winchester City Centre, please click here.
To view the site of our fully accessible branch surgery at Chilcomb Park on the outskirts of Winchester, with free on-site parking, please click here.
For details of both surgeries, please click here.
Disabled Access
Our branch surgery, located at Chilcomb Park on the outskirts of Winchester, is situated in a fully accessible building with free on-site parking. For directions and a map to our branch surgery, please click here.
Please note that the main surgery for The Walcote Practice is housed in a Grade II listed building on Southgate Street in the heart of Winchester. Access is via six steps from street level and we regret that there are no available disabled toilet facilities.
Both buildings have hearing loops available for use.
As we are committed to making The Walcote Practice accessible to as many people as possible, we are able to provide home visits at little extra cost (including for an Annual Health Check) if your condition means you cannot attend The Walcote Practice in person. Pre-arranged home visits can be made to people living within a 20 minute drive of Winchester city centre.
Out of Hours Service
We do not currently provide a full 24 hour GP service. For this reason, we encourage you to stay registered with your NHS GP so that you are able to access GP care during all other periods.
To access the GP Out of Hours Service, please contact NHS 111 by dialling 111.