Welcome to Blackburn Road Medical Centre

Our main surgery is at Birstall and we have a branch surgery at Birkenshaw. The practice area covers Birstall, Gomersal and Birkenshaw.

With patients' needs at the heart of everything we do, our website has been designed to make it easy for you to gain instant access to the information you need. As well as specific practice details such as opening hours and how to register, you’ll find a wealth of useful pages covering a wide range of health issues along with links to other relevant medical organisations.

Friends and Family Test

Friends and Family Survey Form 2019

Evening and weekend appointments now available.....

Patients can now see a local GP for routine appointments on weekday evenings and at weekends.

Pre-bookable and on-the-day appointments are available between 6.30pm and 9.30pm each weekday,

with additional slots available on Saturdays from 9am and 4pm and Sundays 9am and 1pm.

The scheme starts in August when evening and weekend appointments will be available for any patient registered with a GP in North Kirklees. 

The appointments will be available in Dewsbury Health Centre. 

How to book an evening or weekend appointment

There are ‘pre-bookable’ and ‘on-the-day’ appointments which can be accessed through your own GP practice, or by calling the free NHS 111 phone line out of normal working hours.

New Telephone System

The Practice is using a new telephone system to direct patient calls to the most appropriate health care navigator.

When you dial the Practice you will be able to select from the following options:

Press 1 for Appointments, Press 2 for Home Visits, Press 3 for Prescription Queries, Press 4 for Test Results, Press 5 for a Referral or Choose & Book enquiry,

or continue to hold for General Enquiries. Please note options 3-5 will be available from 10am daily, after the morning rush for appointments.

If you wish the list to be repeated you Press * as per the instructions.

Get Well, Keep Well

Of course we’re not just here for when you are unwell. Our team of healthcare professionals and back-up staff offer a number of clinics and services to promote good health and wellbeing whatever your medical condition.

Join In

We hope you enjoy having a look around the site and familiarising yourself with some of the online features such as ordering a repeat prescription. Whatever your thoughts, be sure to let us know via our feedback function. Would you like to be part of the Patient Participation Group? Are you interested in finding out more about Blackburn Road Medical Centre? Would you like to influence the development of local health services? We are recruiting new members for our Patient Participation Group. Please contact Reception for details. Comments and suggestions are always a great way of helping us continue to enhance the way we look after you.

Access

Both sites have a dedicated disabled car parking space, with wheelchair access to the building and a disabled WC.