Opening Times

Please note that Birkwood Medical Centre is open until 18:15 on Thursdays but our telephone lines are closed from 12:00. In the event of an emergency or if you need to speak to a doctor urgently please call the telephone number for the practice 582700 and listen to our Thursday afternoon telephone message. Please be prepared to take down another number to ring.

Phone lines open at 08:00 Monday to Friday.

When We Are Closed

All cover from 18:30 to 08:00 on weekdays and from 18:30 Friday evening to 08:00 Monday will be provided by the current GP Out of Hours provider, the centre is based at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital.

To access the services at the Out of Hours centre the telephone number is Grimsby (01472) 256256.

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.