Appointments

Most appointments are routine, which means booked in advance. We offer face-to-face, telephone and video consultations.

Appointments are available at both Bloomfield Medical Centre and Grange Park Health Centre.

We also provide appointments on evenings and weekends through our Enhanced Access service. This service takes place within Whitegate Health Centre. These are booked appointments, so you don’t need to worry about waiting.

How to book an appointment

When you get in touch, we’ll ask what you need help with.

We will use the information you give us to choose the most suitable doctor, nurse or other health professional to help you.

Please let us know if

  • if there’s a specific doctor, nurse or other health professional you would prefer to respond
  • if you would prefer to consult with the doctor or nurse by phone, face-to-face, by video call or by text or email
  • if you need an interpreter
  • if you have any other access or communication needs

Managing your appointment

You can view all of your GP appointments on the NHS app.

If you are unable to attend your appointment, we kindly ask that you cancel it as soon as possible.

You can cancel your appointment by:

  • using the NHS app (or other online service)
  • emailing blackpool.bmcgp@nhs.net
  • visit the practice and speak with a receptionist
  • calling us on 01253 344544 when we are open
  • calling us on 01253 344544 and leaving a voicemail including your name, date of birth, appointment date and time when we are closed

For evening & weekend appointment made via our Enhanced Access service, please click here.

Appointment reminders

If you have a mobile phone number, you will receive a text message to remind you of your appointment. This will usually be 1 and 3 working days before your appointment.

You will also have a link on your appointment reminder. You can usually use this to cancel or request to rebook your appointment.

You will not receive appointment reminders if:

  • we do not have a mobile number for you
  • the mobile number we have for you is not correct
  • you have declined consent to receive SMS text messages

For evening & weekend appointment made via our Enhanced Access service, please click here.

Wasted appointments

Non-urgent advice: September 2025

We made 8281 appointments available to patients. 3408 of these appointments were in-person.

Sadly, 337 of these in-person appointments were unattended.

Unfortunately, these wasted appointments means patients who need to be seen may struggle to do so. Wasted appointments also increase the overall wait times for patients to be seen.

Every year, approximately £216,000,000 is wasted within the NHS on appointments for patients who failed to show up, on top of the disruption for staff and fellow patients. You can read more on the damaging effects that wasted appointments have on the NHS by clicking here.

Learn more

Help when the GP is closed

111 is the NHS non-emergency service. It’s fast, easy and free. Call 111 and speak to a highly trained adviser, supported by healthcare professionals. You can also access NHS 111 online or through the NHS app. They will ask you a series of questions to assess your symptoms and immediately direct you to the best medical care for you.

NHS 111 is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Calls are free from landlines and mobile phones.

In case of a life-threatening emergency, please dial 999.