Appointments

Making an appointment

There are many illnesses that do not require you to seek medical attention, before making an appointment you may be able to see a local pharmacist to help with minor illnesses.

You may have an appointment with a doctor of your choice. A separate appointment for each family member is required when seeing the doctor.

If you have several problems, please ask the receptionist to arrange a longer appointment.

Routine and emergency appointments with the doctor are of 10 minutes duration.

An appointment with a doctor of your choice can be made by telephoning the surgery or by calling in person and speaking to a receptionist.

Types of appointment

We offer a range of appointments:

Advanced appointments

You can book a routine appointment up to 2 to 4 weeks in advance.  Afternoon appointments are available. You can book these appointments by phone or you can use the NHS Wales App.

Same day appointments

Same day appointments are available from 8am.

Please note that same day appointments are only available in the mornings and these are available to book on-line using the NHS Wales App, by phone or in person.

Same day appointments are relisted from 8am each morning.

Emergency appointments

Urgent appointments are booked same day and must be booked before 10am.

Home visits

If you are too ill to come to the surgery and you require a visit at home, please call the surgery before 10am on 02920 388081.

Home visits take up much more of a doctor’s time than a consultation in the surgery, those visits are carried out in exceptional circumstances due to frailty, immobility or a serious illness.

Cancelling or changing an appointment

If you cannot keep your appointment, please contact the surgery as soon as possible to reduce the numbers of missed appointments. Your appointment can be cancelled or changed ant time.

Your phone call could make a difference and enable someone to access a doctor sooner by putting another patient in your place.

To cancel or change your appointment:

If you need help when we are closed

If you need medical help now, use NHS Wales 111 online or call 111.

NHS Wales 111 online is for people aged 5 and over. Call 111 if you need help for a child under 5.

Call 999 in a medical or mental health emergency. This is when someone is seriously ill or injured and their life is at risk.

Find urgent and emergency care services

Find health services near you

Mental health support

If you need urgent mental health support in Cardiff, you can call NHS 111 and select option 2. This will connect you to a 24/7 helpline staffed by trained professionals who can provide immediate advice and support.

Appointments text reminders

Text remainder is a new service brought to you by NHS Wales.

On average we have about 20 lost appointments every week where patients do not turn up and do not cancel. That is the equivalent of two morning surgeries.

We realise that it can be easy to forget an appointment so why don’t you make use of our free, automatic text reminder service. This will send a text to your mobile about 24 hours before your appointment reminding you

 

Date published: 21st September, 2023
Date last updated: 28th July, 2025