Opening Hours

  • College Lane Surgery

    Day Opening hours
    Thursday 22 January
    8am to 6:30pm
    Friday 23 January
    8am to 6:30pm
    Saturday 24 January
    Closed
    Sunday 25 January
    Closed
    Monday 26 January
    8am to 6:30pm
    Tuesday 27 January
    8am to 6:30pm
    Wednesday 28 January
    8am to 6:30pm
  • Thorpe Lane Branch

    Day Opening hours
    Thursday 22 January
    Closed
    Friday 23 January
    8am to 11am
    Saturday 24 January
    Closed
    Sunday 25 January
    Closed
    Monday 26 January
    8am to 11am
    Tuesday 27 January
    Closed
    Wednesday 28 January
    8am to 11am

Evening and Weekend GP Appointments

If you are registered with a Wakefield District GP practice and feel unwell when they are closed, you can get help from GP Care Wakefield: Evening and Weekend Clinics.

GP Care Wakefield can also help you if you struggle to make routine daytime appointments with your practice nurse.

See a GP, nurse or other healthcare professional.

To book a routine appointment with GP Care Wakefield, please contact your practice reception team.

If you are unwell when your practice is closed and GP Care Wakefield is open, call your practice number to be automatically put through.

All appointments must be pre-booked as this is not a walk-in service.

The service is open:

Monday to Friday: 5pm – 9:30pm
Saturday: 9am – 5pm
Sunday/Bank Holidays: 9am – 3pm

 

Target Training for Surgery Staff

The practice will be closed on the following dates from 12 noon until the next working day as normal:

  • Wednesday 14th May 2025
  • Wednesday 18th June 2025
  • Wednesday 16th July 2025
  • Wednesday 13th August 2025
  • Wednesday 17th September 2025
  • Wednesday 15th October 2025
  • Wednesday 12th November 2025
  • Wednesday 14th January 2026
  • Wednesday 11th February 2026
  • Wednesday 11th March 2026

If you require urgent advice or assistance that cannot wait, contact the surgery by telephone and you will be transferred directly to the service providing cover.

Alternatively, if it can wait, we will re-open at 08:00am the following day.

Bank Holiday Closures

College Lane Surgery will be closed on the following Bank Holidays:

  • Friday 18th April 2025
  • Monday 21st April 2025
  • Monday 5th May 2025
  • Monday 26th May 2025
  • Monday 25th August 2025
  • Thursday 25th December 2025
  • Friday 26th December 2025
  • Thursday 1st January 2026

Telephone the surgery when we are closed and you will be automatically directed to the out of hours service.

Important: If you need help when we are closed

If you need medical help now, use NHS 111 online or Call 111.

NHS 111 online is for people aged 5 and over. Call 111 if you need help for a child under 5.

Call 999 in a medical or mental health emergency. This is when someone is seriously ill or injured and their life is at risk.

Out-of-hours cover is commissioned by NHS Wakefield ICB, from 18:30 each evening to 08:00 the following morning, at weekends and all bank holidays.

Call 111 for the out-of-hours service.

You can also attend the local walk-in centre at:

King Street Medical Centre, 47 King Street, Wakefield, WF1 2SY. 

Open from 10:00 – 22:00 – 7 days a week. No appointment necessary. Find out more information about this service here. 

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NHS 111

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:

  • 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.

Page last reviewed: 21 January 2026
Page created: 20 January 2021