We are pleased to announce that Brooklyn Medical Practice is now part of Amber Valley Health Limited (AVH) along with the following practices:

Crich Medical Practice, Ivy Grove Surgery, Kelvingrove Medical Centre, Jessop Medical Practice, Parkside Surgery, The Park Surgery, Somercotes Medical Centre and in collaboration with Ripley Medical Centre.

We aim to improve the service and access to GPs for our patients and from Saturday 1st September 2018 AVH has been offering extended appointments, on late evenings during the week, and Saturday and Sunday mornings.

These are at the new Amber Valley Health GP Hub in Ripley, at the Church Farm Primary Care Centre, Steeple Drive, Ripley DE5 3TH

The opening times of the hub are Monday to Friday 18:15 – 20:00 Saturdays and Sundays 08:45 – 11:45.

Please note, all AVH GPs and staff members are from one of the local practices named above.

The Amber Valley Health GP Hub is open for pre-booked appointments only.

To book an appointment, or for any further information please contact our reception staff as usual.

You can also visit http://ambervalleyhealth.co.uk or pick up a leaflet in our reception area.

If you need to see a doctor urgently when the surgery is closed visit 111 online where your symptoms will be assessed and you will be referred to the most appropriate service. If you don’t have access to the Internet, then call 111 where you will be put through to a 111 Health Advisor, provided by DHU Healthcare who provide the out of hours service on behalf of the Derbyshire County Integrated Care System. They will discuss your concerns and symptoms with you before providing you with health advice or, when appropriate, they will refer you to the right service your needs. This could mean passing a message to the Doctor on duty who may phone you back to assess your problem. you might be asked to attend one of the DHU Healthcare out-of-hours clinics, or receive a home visit if this is clinically appropriate.

Out-of-hours services are generally busy so please be patient and the 111 team will get to you as soon as possible; please treat them with the respect and compassion that they will provide to you. To help reduce pressure on the services, please think carefully before asking to see a doctor and only do so if you genuinely cannot wait until the surgery re-opens.

gency you should call 999. Chest pains and/or shortness of breath constitute an emergency.  

If you need medical advice whilst we are closed, you can also try:

• Visit the self-care hub on our website for adults here and for children here
• Visit your local pharmacy who can give advice and prescribe certain medications where appropriate. Find your local pharmacy here
• Visit an Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC). In Derbyshire, our UTCs are located in Buxton, Ilkeston, Ripley and Whitworth Hospital and are open seven days a week, between 8am and 8pm. UTCs can assess sprains, strains, cuts, broken bones, fractures, stings, bites, wound infections, minor head injuries, minor burns, animal bits, minor eye injuries and infections.

Once a month the Practice is closed for an afternoon of training, this is called a QUEST session. These are important opportunities for staff training and are fully supported by the CCG. Training is for all staff members and covers clinical and non-clinical topics. On a QUEST day all the practice buildings will close at 13:00 and the telephones will be switched over to the out-of-hours providers Derbyshire Health United.

The QUEST dates for 2023 are as follows::

• January 18th
• February 15th
• March 15th
• April 19th
• May 17th
• June 21st
• July 19th
• September 20th
• October 18th
• November 15th
• December 20th

Our practices will be closed on the following dates unless otherwise stated. Any prebooked routine appointments scheduled to happen during these times as part of our Enhanced Access will go ahead as planned.