Opening times

Enhanced access

This practice is part of St Helens South Primary Care Network (PCN), who are providing early morning, evening and weekend appointments for our patients. These appointments are in addition to those provided by the practice and are generally used for routine, non-urgent care.

This enhanced access service provides a range of pre-bookable appointment types covering normal GP & ANP appointments and routine nursing care such as annual reviews and smears, as well as more specialised appointments for physio, podiatry, mental health, pharmacists and social prescribers:

• Monday, 6:30pm to 9pm,GP and ANP appointments
• Tuesday, 7am to 11am, GP appointments
• Tuesday, 6:30pm to 9pm,GP, ANP and social prescribing appointments
• Wednesday, 6:30pm to 9pm, GP, ANP, social prescribing and pharmacy appointments
• Thursday, 6:30pm to 9pm, GP, podiatry, practice nurse appointments
• Friday, 6:30pm to 9pm, GP appointments
• Saturday, 9am to 5pm, various appointments which can change each week and may include specialist clinics, such as coil fitting and removal

Please note the Monday to Friday sessions are held remotely, via telephone, apart from the practice nurse and podiatry clinic which will be held at Rainhill Village Surgery.

The face to face appointments on Saturdays will be held at the following venues:

• Rainhill Village Surgery
  529 Warrington Road, Rainhill, L35 4LP
• The Spinney Medical Centre
  Whittle Street, St Helens, Merseyside, WA10 3EB

To make an appointment, please contact the surgery, and you will be offered an enhanced access service where appropriate.

Practice closures

Bank holidays/holiday closures

Full day closures 2024

• Wednesday 25th December – Christmas day
• Thursday 26th December – Boxing day

Full Day Closures 2025

• Wednesday 1st January – New Year’s Day
• Friday 18th April – Good Friday
• Monday 21st April – Easter Monday
• Monday 5th May – Early May Bank Holiday
• Monday 26th May – Spring Bank Holiday
• Monday 25th August – Summer Bank Holiday
• Thursday 25th December – Christmas Day
• Friday 26th December – Boxing Day

Half day closures 2024

Practice closures for half day training in 2024, when both sites will close at 1pm:

• Thursday 24th October
• Thursday 28th November

Half day closures 2025

Practice closures for half day training in 2025, when both sites will close at 1pm:

• Wednesday 26th February
• Thursday 27th March
• Wednesday 23rd April
• Wednesday 21st May
• Thursday 26th June
• Thursday 24th July
• Wednesday 24th September
• Wednesday 22nd October
• Thursday 27th November

Half day closures 2026

Practice closures for half day training in 2026, when both sites will close at 1pm:

• Thursday 26th February (external)
• Wednesday 25th March (internal)

If you need help when we are closed

Please do not call the 24 hour duty doctor except in emergencies.

In an emergency: please phone the surgery as normal. If you need to see a doctor you will be asked to attend an out of hours emergency centre. Your call will be recorded.

Other sources of help

Out of hours services are generally busy so please think carefully before asking to see a doctor and only do so if you genuinely cannot wait until the surgery reopens.

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

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

Contact the local NHS walk in centre at The Millennium Centre, Bickerstaffe Street, St Helens.

The opening hours are:

• 7am to 10pm, Monday to Saturday
• 9am to 10pm, Sunday

Phone
01744 627400

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