Main Surgery – Ilfracombe:
Main Tel Line (All Sites): 01271 863119
Out of Hours: 111
Address:
Combe Coastal Practice
The Medical Centre
St Brannocks Road
Ilfracombe
Devon. EX34 8EG
Branch Surgeries:
Combe Martin & Woolacombe.
Please note all incoming calls are forwarded to the soonest available team member at any of our sites.
Email address:
Prescriptions only (ordering & queries): [email protected]
General Enquiries (NOT for anything Urgent or new clinical problems): [email protected]
Please ensure All emails contain Full Patients Name & DOB
Opening Hours
Ilfracombe
8:30am to 6.00pm Monday to Friday (except bank holidays)
We also offer pre-booked appointments after 6:30pm on certain days ask reception for details.
Combe Martin
8:30am to 12:30pm and 2:00pm to 6:00pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday,
8:30am to 12:30pm on Wednesday.
Woolacombe
8:30am to 1:00pm Monday & Friday
8:30am to 6:00pm Wednesdays.
Out of hours
Enhanced Access:
Local GP practices are working together to offer patients evening and weekend appointments around North Devon. That means you will be able to see a GP, nurse or other health professional at a time which is most convenient for you.
We’re here for you evenings and weekends:
evening and weekend appointments are available at this GP practice, or at an NHS service nearby, including for your vaccinations, health checks and screenings. Please call us on 01271 863119 to check availability.
Out of hours – When We Are Closed
When we are closed, Please call NHS England – 111. This is a free to call (landline or mobile) service and is answered by fully trained call advisers, supported by experienced nurses. The service ensures that you are directed to the service that is best able to meet your needs.
They use a clinical assessment system to assess your problem safely and effectively and will direct you to the right NHS service. If your call is assessed as being a medical emergency they will electronically pass the details to the appropriate ambulance service who will automatically dispatch an ambulance.
NHS 111 will provide first aid advice to the caller until the ambulance service arrives. You should be aware that telephone calls to all these services are recorded.
Out-of-hours services are generally busy so please think carefully before asking to see a doctor and only do so if you genuinely cannot wait until the surgery re-opens.
In a genuine emergency, you should call 999. Chest pains and/or shortness of breath constitute an emergency.
Accessibility
We offer the following accessibility options:
- Wheelchair access / Ramps available at all sites.
- Practice wheelchair available (please ask at reception if not located in entrance)
- Accessible Parking / Parking close to entrance (Blue badge only)
- Accessible toilets on ground floors
- Automatic opening doors
- Baby changing facilities
- Disabled ground floor toilets and Lift to 2nd floor waiting room available at Ilfracombe Medical Centre.
- Induction Loop
For more information on how we aim to help our disabled patients, please see: Accessible Information Standard
Transport & Parking
There is limited private parking at all of our practices. Please note this can fill up quickly during busy times.
The Ilfracombe surgery has a large area out the front of the practice where patients can pick up and drop off. Please do not park directly in front of the surgery doors, or obstruct the gate. Blue Badge Holders may park on the main road on the double yellow lines outside the Ilfracombe Surgery, or to the far left of the entrance way on the double yellows. Please do not park here if you do not own a blue badge.
All 3 practices are on the local bus route. Please see https://bustimes.org/localities for further details on times and availability.
