Between 6.30 pm and 8.30 am on weekdays and at throughout weekends
and bank holidays, you will be connected directly to the Oxford City out-of-hours emergency service. This is run by Oxford City Primary Care Trust and employs doctors fully trained in general practice.

Please only request an out-of-hours consultation if you think that you cannot wait until we are next open. The service can only deal with your immediate
problems – it cannot issue sick notes, order tests or change your regular treatments and so is not an alternative to seeing your own doctor.

If you are able then you may be asked to attend a Primary Care Centre. You may be offered telephone advice from the duty doctor if it seems a face-to-face consultation is not necessary.
 

NHS DIRECT

	Alternatively you can seek advice from NHS Direct by telephoning 0845 4647 or via their website at www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk