Dispensary opening times are 8.30am - 1.00pm and 2.00pm - 6.30pm

Phone lines are open for medication queries 9.30am - 1.00pm and 2.00pm - 6.30pm.

Please note that the Dispensary do not take prescription requests over the telephone.

At Beckington Family Practice we offer additional appointments outside of our normal working week in the evenings and on Saturday mornings, this is on a rotational basis between all five Primary Care Network Practices (Beckington Family Practice, Mendip Country Practice, Park Medical Practice, Grove House Surgery and Oakhill Surgery).

Please contact reception for dates and times of available appointments.

We are closed between 6:30pm and 8:00am and also during weekends and bank holidays, if you require non-urgent medical assistance Telephone 111.

Your call will be assessed by an experienced nurse who will give you the most appropriate type of help or advice. The nurse can call an ambulance, arrange access to the on-call doctor, or provide advice and information on health care matters.

Minor Injury Units

Minor Injury Units are staffed by Emergency Nurse Practitioners, who have the training and experience to deal with: cuts · remove foreign bodies · dress wounds · cuts and grazes · burns · scalds · minor broken bones · insect and animal bites · screening and treatment for Chlamydia.

111 online is a fast and convenient alternative to the 111 phone service and provides an option for people who want to access 111 digitally. 

Your needs will be assessed and you will be given advice about whether you need:

• To treat yourself at home
• Go to a Primary Care Centre

If you need face to face medical attention you may be asked to attend a Primary Care Centre.

Click here to access NHS 111 online or call 111 to speak to a staff member.