Urgent Help
During working hours:
If you need help during the working day if you already have contact details for your Clinical Nurse Specialist or your Key Worker, you should contact them in the first instance.
Out of Hours Help:
- Emergency
- NHS Direct
- NHS Blackburn with Darwen
- NHS Blackpool
- NHS Central Lancashire
- NHS Cumbria
- NHS East Lancashire
In case of Emergency
Call the emergency services on 999.
NHS Direct
Telephone: 0845 4647
Website: http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/
Also available on FREEVIEW channel 108 or page two on Sky Digital’s interactive service
NHS Blackburn with Darwen
Switchboard: 01254 282000 or 01254 282001
Out of Hours: Contact NHS Direct
In case of Emergency: Call the Emergency Services (999)
NHS Blackpool
Switchboard: 01253 651200
Out of Hours: Contact NHS Direct
In case of Emergency: Call the Emergency Services (999)
NHS Central Lancashire
Switchboard: 01772 644400
Chorley Medics (for Chorley & South Ribble patients)
Telephone: 01257 418010
Address: Wigan Road, Euxton, Chorley, PR7 6JW
7 days a week: 6.30pm - 8.00am (next working day)
Preston Primary Care Centre - PPCC Ltd (for Preston patients)
Telephone: 01772 788058
Address: Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9HT
7 days a week: Monday - Friday 6.00pm - 8.00am (next working day)
Weekends and Bank Holidays - 24 hours a day
OWLS (Out of Hours West Lancashire Service) (for West Lancashire patients)
Telephone: 01695 554240
Address: 116 - 118 The Concourse, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 6LJ
7 days a week: After surgery hours - 6.30pm - 8.00am (next working day)
Out of Hours Advice: Contact NHS Direct
In case of Emergency: Call the Emergency Services (999)
NHS Cumbria
Switchboard: 01768 245317
- At night, during the weekend or bank holidays
- Furness and South Lakeland residents
- For the hearing impaired patients and carers
Out of Hours GP services (Night-times, weekends, bank holidays)
Allerdale, Carlisle, Copeland and Eden
Telephone: 01228 401999
Telephone: 0845 052 4999
Hearing impaired users (South Cumbria)
Telephone: 18001 01539 716999
Out of Hours Advice: Contact NHS Direct
In case of Emergency: Call the Emergency Services (999)
NHS East Lancashire
Switchboard: 01282 644700
Telephone: 01254 263 555
Telephone: 01282 425 071
Telephone: 08452 26 26 26
Out of Hours Advice: Contact NHS Direct
In case of Emergency: Call the Emergency Services (999)
NHS North Lancashire
Switchboard: 01524 519333
Out of Hours Advice: Contact NHS Direct
In case of Emergency: Call the Emergency Services (999)