Routine appointments
To request a routine appointment in the next 7 days please complete our appointment request form. We will use this information to allocate you the most appropriate appointment based on clinical priority and allocate the most suitable clinician to support you.
You can also:
- phone us on 01942 483960 (Westleigh) or 01942 483950 (Abram), Monday to Friday when we are open.
- visit the surgery and speak with a receptionist, Monday to Friday when we are open.
- use your NHS account (through the NHS website or NHS App) to book a screening test or vaccination
When you get in touch, we’ll ask what you need help with.
We will use the information you give us to choose the most suitable doctor, nurse or health professional to help you.
Register to contact us online.
Urgent appointments
To request an urgent appointment for today or tomorrow (Monday to Friday) please complete our appointment request form. We will use this information to allocate you the most appropriate appointment based on clinical priority and allocate the most suitable clinician to support you.
You can also:
- phone us on 01942 483960 (Westleigh) or 01942 483950 (Abram), Monday to Friday when we are open.
- visit the surgery and speak with a receptionist, Monday to Friday when we are open.
When you get in touch, we’ll ask what you need help with.
We will use the information you give us to choose the most suitable doctor, nurse or health professional to help you.
Register to contact us online.
Your appointment
However you choose to contact us we may offer you a consultation:
- by phone
- face to face at the surgery
- on a video call
- by text or email.
Appointments by phone, video call or by text or email can be more flexible and often means the doctor or nurse can help you sooner.
Cancelling or changing an appointment
- Text the practice on 07555326065
- Use your NHS account (on the NHS website or in the NHS app).
- Fill in an online form
If you need help when we are closed
If the situation is an emergency or life threatening, dial 999 and ask for an ambulance.
For urgent medical advice between 6.30pm and 8.30am weekdays, or during weekends and Bank Holidays, use NHS 111.
For children under 5 phone 111.
For people aged 5 and over go to the 111.nhs.uk website.
Wigan GP Alliance
Registered Wigan borough patients can see a GP or HCA between 6.30pm and 8.00pm weekdays and 10.00am to 4.00pm weekends and bank holidays.
For appointments, call 01942 482848
- On weekdays between 9.30am – 7.15pm
- Weekends between 9.30am – 3.15pm
Please refer to our website: www.wigangpalliance.org
Leigh Walk-in Centre
Open 7.00am – 9.00pm seven days per week for minor injuries etc. Based at Leigh Infirmary, The Avenue, Leigh, WN7 1HS. Telephone 01942 264000.
If you need help with your appointment
- If there’s a specific doctor, nurse or other health professional you would prefer to respond.
- If you would prefer to consult with the doctor or nurse by phone, face-to-face, by video call or by text or email.
- If you need an interpreter.
- If you have any other access or communication needs.
Home visits
If you are housebound and need an appointment, we will do a home visit. We will phone you first to understand what you need.
To request a home visit, it’s helpful if you phone the practice before 10am on 01942 483960 (Westleigh) or 01942 483950 (Abram).
