Welcome to Rickleton Medical Centre
We hope you take your time to browse our website where you will find lots of useful information about the surgery and the services we offer.
Online Appointments
Please note that all pre-bookable appointments via the Patient online services can be done face-to-face or over the phone.
Our Mission Statement
Striving for excellence, small enough to care.
Our Vision
To continue to deliver an outstanding service to provide a positive impact on patients’ lives.
Local and NHS services
Washington Enhanced Access Service is changing.
You may receive a text message at 6pm on 30.09.24 to inform you of changes to the Sunderland GP Enhanced Access Service.
The Enhanced Access Service is a GP appointment service run by local healthcare staff which runs Monday to Friday 6.30pm to 8.30pm and Saturday 9am to 5pm. The service is available to all patients registered with a Washington GP Practice and can be ideal for those who cannot attend their GP Practice during normal practice hours.
The service currently runs Monday to Saturday from Washington Primary Care Centre but from 1st October 2024 the Enhanced Access Service will be held from Galleries Medical Practice (Galleries Health Centre) on Tuesday evenings 6.30pm to 8.30pm and Saturdays 9am – 5pm.
This will run alongside the current service which is located at Washington Primary Care Centre which will continue to run on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
You may be offered an appointment at either location if appropriate.
There will be no change to the clinical services on offer.
The surgery works in partnership with local and NHS service providers and groups.
Did you know?
The NHS is struggling under ever increasing costs. One of these costs which continues to escalate is that of SMS messaging. We use these important messages to contact you about appointments, results and for many other reasons. However, every text message we send comes at a cost!
But there is an alternative! By clicking on this link and downloading the NHS app, this allows us to contact you via the app instead which is FREE:
If you already have the app, please ensure you turn on notifications as otherwise the messages will automatically revert back to SMS which will cost the NHS money.
This is just one simple step you can take towards supporting your NHS and Rickleton Medical Centre. ☺️
Thank you for your support.
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