Chacewater and Devoran Surgeries - Doctors surgery opening times and what to do when we are closed

Chacewater Health Centre
Tel: 01872 560346

Devoran Surgery
Tel: 01872 562200

Emergencies
If a medical emergency arises out of hours, please telephone 01872 560346/ 562200 and your call will automatically be transferred to our answering service.

Test Results
For investigation results, please contact the surgery after 10.30am.

Home Visits
We would appreciate it if requests for home visits be made as early as possible after 8.30am.

Health Charities

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Marie Curie

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Macmillan Cancer Support

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Opening Times

Chacewater Surgeries

Devoran Surgeries

When We Are Closed

Opening Times

Chacewater

Monday	8.30am to 6.00pm
Tuesday	8.30am to 6.00pm
Wednesday	8.30am to 6.00pm
Thursday	8.30am to 6.00pm
Friday	8.30am to 6.00pm
Saturday	8.30am to 11.30am (for pre-booked appointments only) All patient emergencies shoule be referred to SERCO (this is the emergency out of hours service)

Devoran

Monday	8.30am to 6.00pm
Tuesday	8.30am to 6.00pm
Wednesday	8.30am to 6.00pm
Thursday	8.30am to 6.00pm
Friday	8.30am to 1.00pm (this surgery is closed every Friday afternoon)
Saturday	closed

Chacewater Surgery Times

Monday	AM	8.40	11.25	Dr Natalie Dawes
		8.30	12.15	Sarah McConville NP
		8.30	12.30	Practice Nurse
		8.30	12.30	Phelbotomist

	PM	2.40	5.10	Dr Tony Shaw
		1.30	5.15	Sarah McConville NP
		1.45	5.00	Practice Nurse
		2.00	5.00	Practice Nurse
		1.30	5.00	Phlebotomist

Tuesday	AM	8.40	11.00	Dr Russell Bolton
		8.30	12.15	Sarah McConville NP
		8.30	12.30	Practice Nurse
		9.00	12.15	Phlebotomist
		8.00	12.00	Counsellor
		8.30	10.30	Stop Smoking Clinic

	PM	2.30	5.30	Dr. Margie Shaw
		1.30	5.00	Sarah McConville NP
		1.00	5.00	Midwife
		1.00	5.00	Practice Nurse
		1.45	5.00	Practice Nurse
		1.30	3.30	Counsellor
		1.30	5.15	Phlebotomist

Wednesday	AM	8.40	11.00	Dr Russell Bolton
		8.40	11.25	Dr Natalie Dawes
		8.30	12.00	Practice Nurse
		8.30	12.30	Practice Nurse
		10.00	12.00	Counsellor

	PM	2.00	4.20	Dr. Tony Shaw
		2.30	4.50	Dr. Natalie Dawes
		1.00	4.30	Practice Nurse
		1.45	5.00	Practice Nurse
		1.00	3.00	Physiotherapist
		2.00	4.30	Counsellor

Thursday	AM	8.40	11.00	Dr Russell Bolton
		8.40	11.20	Dr Tony Shaw
		8.30	12.30	Practice Nurse
		8.30	12.30	Phlebotomist
		8.40	12.00	Physiotherapist

	PM	2.30	4.50	Dr Natalie Dawes
		2.30	4.50	Dr Russell Bolton
		1.30	4.00	Physiotherapist
		1.30	5.15	Phlebotomist

Friday	AM	8.40	11.20	Dr Tony Shaw
		8.40	12.00	Physiotherapist
		8.30	1.00	Practice Nurse
		8.30	1.45	Phlebotomist

	PM	2.00	4.20	Dr. Russell Bolton
		2.40	5.10	Dr Tony Shaw
		1.30	4.00	Physiotherapist
		2.00	5.15	Health Care Assistant

Saturday	AM	8.30	11.30	Duty Doctor

Saturday morning surgery is for routine appointments ONLY. All patient emergencies should be referred to SERCO (this is the emergency out of hours service)
Medicals are performed by all of the Doctors during normal surgery
Dr Bolton does minor operations on Wednesday afternoons at Devoran
Dr Shaw does minor operations on Friday afternoons at Chacewater

Devoran Surgery Times

Monday	AM	8.40	11.20	Dr Tony Shaw
		8.30	12.00	Practice Nurse

	PM	2.30	4.50	Dr Natalie Dawes

Tuesday	AM	8.45	11.25	Dr Margie Shaw
		8.30	12.30	Practice Nurse

	PM	2.30	4.50	Dr Russell Bolton
		1.45	4.30	Practice Nurse

Wednesday	AM	8.40	11.20	Dr Tony Shaw
		8.45	12.45	Health Care Assistant

	PM	2.30	4.50	Dr Russell Bolton
		1.45	5.15	Health Care Assistant

Thursday	AM	8.40	11.25	Dr Natalie Dawes
		8.30	12.30	Practice Nurse

	PM	2.30	5.10	Dr Margie Shaw

Friday	AM	8.40	11.00	Dr Russell Bolton
		8.45	12.15	Health Care Assistant

	PM		1.00	Surgery Closed

When We Are Closed

If a medical emergency arises out of hours, please telephone 01872 560346/ 562200 and your call will automatically be transferred to our answering service.

The out of hours duty is covered by Kernow Urgent Care Services which is a well established system and all doctors working for KUCS are fully qualified GPs.

We ask that out of hours requests are for emergencies ONLY

Further Information

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