Enhanced Access Service

This Practice is part of St Helens South Primary Care Network (PCN), who are providing early morning, evening and weekend appointments for our patients. These appointments are in addition to those provided by the practice and are generally used for routine, non-urgent care.

This Enhanced Access Service provides a range of pre-bookable appointment types covering normal GP & ANP appointments and routine nursing care such as annual reviews and smears, as well as more specialised appointments for physio, podiatry, mental health, pharmacists and social prescribers:

• Monday: 18:30 – 21:00 (GP & ANP Appointments)
• Tuesday: 07:00 – 11:00 (GP Appointments)
• Tuesday: 18:30 – 21:00 (GP, ANP & Social Prescribing Appointments)
• Wednesday: 18:30 – 21:00 (GP, ANP, Social Prescribing & Pharmacy Appointments)
• Thursday: 18:30 – 21:00 (GP, Podiatry, Practice Nurse Appointments)
• Friday: 18:30 – 21:00 (GP Appointments)
• Saturday: 09:00 – 17:00 (Various appointments which can change each week and may include specialist clinics, such as Coil fitting and removal)

Please note the Mon-Fri sessions are held remotely, via telephone, apart from the Practice Nurse and Podiatry Clinic which will be held at Rainhill Village Surgery.

The Face-to-Face appointments on Saturdays will be held at the following venues:

• Rainhill Village Surgery 529 Warrington Road, Rainhill L35 4LP
• The Spinney Medical Centre Whittle Street St Helens Merseyside WA10 3EB

To make an appointment, please contact the surgery, and you will be offered an Enhanced Access Service where appropriate.

Out Of Hours

For urgent medical attention after 18:30, on ringing the practice, you will be re-directed to the out of hours service.

At present we have arrangements with St Helens ROTA to provide out of hours cover.

NHS 111

Out of Hours Medical Attention is also available from the 111 service.

Walk In Centre

The St Helens NHS Walk-in Centre is located at the Millennium Centre, Bickerstaffe St. Near the Bus Station.

Open 07:00 – 22:00 Mon to Sat and 09:00 – 22:00 on Sunday.