Urgent Care Service Providers
The following is a list of alternative providers of urgent care. They can be accessed directly by patients. When the demand for urgent appointments is very high, the practice’s capacity to provide them may be exceeded; in this situation, you will need to use one of the alternative providers listed below.
Urgent Care Centres
These “walk-in” centres are run by experienced clinicians usually including GPs. Some have access to investigations such as blood tests, ECGs, and X-Rays.
They can diagnose and deal with many of the common urgent problems that present to both general practice and A&E such as:
- stomach pain
- coughs, colds and breathing problems
- vomiting and diarrhoea
- skin infections and rashes
- high temperature in children and adults
- mental health problems
- broken bones and sprains
- injuries, cuts and bruises
- wound dressing
- emergency contraception
To find your nearest urgent care centre please see the tabs below or click on the following link:
Find urgent treatment centres – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe Urgent Care Centre
Scunthorpe General Hospital
Cliff Gardens
Scunthorpe DN15 7BH
This service is open 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week.
Gainsborough
John Coupland Hospital
Ropery Road, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 2TJ
01427 816 500
This service is open 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week.
Goole
Goole Urgent Treatment Centre
Goole and District Hospital
Woodland Avenue, Goole, DN14 6RX
Telephone: 01405 720720
This service is open 7am to 8pm, 7 days a week
Hull
Story Street Walk-in Service
Story Street Walk-in Centre
Wilberforce Health Centre, 6 – 10 Story Street, Hull HU1 3SA
Telephone: 01482 335180
This service does not have x-ray facilities
This service is open 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week
Urgent Care Alternative Providers
Minor Ailments Scheme
Many minor ailments can be treated by pharmacists with medications provided without charge to those who are eligible to free prescriptions. Click here for more information.
Walk in to any pharmacy and ask to be seen under the Minor Ailments Scheme.
Urgent Eye Care Service
You should contact your chosen optical practice by telephone and ask for an urgent eyecare service appointment. Please do not visit the practice without first booking an appointment.
More urgent cases will be seen within 24 hours. You will be contacted by an Urgent Eyecare Service optometrist within a few hours to discuss your symptoms further, either by phone or by video call.
Find available providers by clicking here.
The nearest participating optician is:
Smith and Walker, 16 High Street, Barton upon Humber, DN18 5PD
Telephone: 01652 632315
Mental Health Access Team
Mental health risk/needs assessments for people experiencing a mental health crisis.
Intensive home treatment on a 24/7 basis as an alternative to inpatient treatment in the acute Adult Mental Health Unit at Great Oaks, i.e. ‘a gate keeping’ role to the unit. Facilitation of early discharge when Admission is found to be necessary.
This service is available 24/7
Address: Great Oaks, Ashby High Street, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire DN16 2JX
Telephone: 03000 246181