When We Are Closed

If you need to contact a doctor out of normal surgery hours please telephone 020 8657 0067 and listen to the recorded message, or ring 111. Or, download the free Health Help Now app 

From 1 April 2017, people who live in and work in Croydon have access to a wide range of urgent care services including booked appointments with a GP available from 8am to 8pm, seven days a week across three new GP Hubs.

 

NHS 111

If you are Croydon resident and are unable to get an urgent appointment at your GP surgery you can call NHS 111 for an assessment of your problem. If you then need to see a GP, NHS 111 can book an appointment for you to be seen at one of the three new GP Hubs in Croydon which are open 8:00 am to 8:00pm 7 days a week 365 days a year. You can also be seen at a GP Hub without an appointment but may have to wait.

Our GP Hubs are based at three locations – Central Croydon, Purley and Parkway (New Addington). Find travel information and contact details for your closest GP Hub below.

NHS 111

 

In a genuine emergency you should call 999. Chest pains and / or shortness of breath constitute an emergency.  

 

Attending A&E

Examples of when it is right and appropriate to attend A&E without delay are:

  • Major injuries such as injuries from road traffic accidents.
  • Falls from a considerable height.
  • Major Head injuries.
  • Collapse.
  • Severe breathing difficulty.
  • Severe chest pain.
  • Severe haemorrhage.
  • Poisoning.
  • Extensive burns

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Croydon GP Hubs

Need to see a GP but can’t get an appointment? Our GP Hubs can help.
Call NHS 111 before you go to pre-book an appointment or wait to be seen without an appointment at one of our GP Hubs in Central Croydon, Purley, or Parkway.

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Urgent Care Centre

Croydon University Hospital
Emergency Department
24 hours 365 days
530 London Road
Croydon CR7 7YE

 

Mental Health Crisis Line

Tel: 0800 731 2864

A 24 hour Mental Health Crisis Line, run by community psychiatric nurse, is provided by South London & Maudsley NHS Trust.

 

Emergency Dental Services

The emergency dental service is known as South West London Urgent Dental Care (SWLUDC).  Patients are triaged by Smile Dental Triage Ltd.  The service is open as follows:

Telephone Number: 020 3402 1333
Monday to Fridays: 5.00pm to 10.00pm
Weekends and Bank Holidays: 9.00am to 10.00pm

At all other times patients should call NHS 111.

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