To order prescriptions over the phone you must call between 9:00am and 1:00pm.

Dispensary collections are only available at the following times. Prescriptions are to be collected from the confidentiality booth in reception.

A limited number of GP Extended Access appointments are available on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays for those individuals who struggle to attend the surgery during normal opening hours. These appointments are not delivered at Alton Surgery. You will be required to travel elsewhere if you require an Extended Access appointment.

Out-of-hours services are provided by “Staffordshire Doctors Medical Services” when the surgery is not open, including weekends and Bank Holidays.  If you do ring the surgery when closed, you will be asked to hang up and redial using their direct number – 111. They are able to give advice and direct you to the most appropriate point of care.  

The NHS Commissioning Board Area Team is responsible for commissioning the Out of Hours Service.

NHS 111

Alternative and out-of-hours advice is available by calling 111 which is the NHS non-emergency number and is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  Calls are free from landlines and mobiles phones.

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If you have a life-threatening condition dial 999.

Tesco Pharmacy, Brookside Road, Uttoxeter ST14 8AU

Tel: 01889 254347

Opening Hours:

• Monday 08.00am – 10.30pm
• Tuesday-Friday 06.30am – 10.30pm
• Saturday 06.30am – 10.00pm
• Sunday 10.00am – 4pm

Leek Moorlands Hospital, Ashbourne Road, Leek, ST13 5BQ

Tel: 01538 487104

Open from 9am – 5pm (last admission to the unit is 4.30pm) 7 days a week.

Hanley Health and Wellbeing Centre, 69/71 Stafford Road, Hanley, Stoke, ST1 1LW

Tel: 03001 236759

Midway Medical and Walk-in Centre, The Midway, Newcastle, ST5 1QG

Tel: 01782 663757

Haywood Hospital Walk-in Centre, High Lane, Burslem, Stoke - on - Trent, ST6 7AG

Tel: 01782 673500