Patients who are registered at Dr Mathews Practice can now book an appointment to see a range of clinicians, including GPs and nurses, on weekday evenings (after 6.30pm) or on Saturdays and Sundays and on all English bank holidays.

We have joined together with other local practices to provide these extended access appointments, so your appointment will take place at a range of NHS settings across North East Lincolnshire and may be with clinicians from other local practices.

Please talk to our receptionists to discuss an extended access appointment.

The Out of Hours service is available from 18.30 to 08:00 on weekdays and from 18:30 Friday to 08:00 Monday. The Out of Hours service is available for all Bank Holidays.

The Out of Hours service is located at the GP Centre at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby.

The telephone number to access the Out of Hours centre is 01472 256256.

Other Resources

If you feel it necessary to speak to a doctor please telephone the NHS 111 service by dialling 111.

This service offers a telephone triage service and can provide urgent medical advice, alternatively you may be asked to attend a primary care centre, or if you are unable to travel, one of their doctors may visit you at home.

Please do not ask to see a doctor out of hours unless you genuinely cannot wait until the surgery re-opens.

Call 999 in an emergency - chest pains and/or shortness of breath constitute an emergency.

For mental health or adult social care advice, contact the North East Lincolnshire Single Point of Access on 01472 256256 or on Facebook.

You can also visit Services4Me. This website is designed to offer you a one-stop-shop directory of all adult social care, health care, wellbeing, voluntary and community services, as well as related events and activities which are available in North East Lincolnshire. The website has been designed to meet the information and advice needs of the local community and was developed with local members of the public, carers and expert patient groups, taking into account what people who use those services said was really important to them.

111 online is a fast and convenient alternative to the 111 phone service and provides an option for people who want to access 111 digitally. 

Your needs will be assessed and you will be given advice about whether you need:

• Treat yourself at home
• Go to a Primary Care Centre

If you need face to face medical attention you may be asked to attend a Primary Care Centre.

Click here to access NHS 111 online or call 111 to speak to a staff member.