The Doctors welcome you to Our GP Practice in Blackpool

We are one of the largest and well established GP surgeries in Blackpool, serving almost 11,000 patients from our Adelaide Street (Central Blackpool) and Kentmere Drive (Mereside) surgeries.

If you live in our practice area and would like to register with us, please complete one of our registration forms that are available from our reception team or you can pre-register by clicking here. You will be asked to provide identification and proof of address in order to complete your registration.

Whether you visit the Adelaide Street Practice or the Harris Medical Centre, you are a valued patient of ours. Our team includes five full-time GPs, an advanced nurse practitioner (ANP) and five senior nurses, as well as our practice business manager, deputy practice manager, two senior receptionists, two secretaries and 15 reception staff. You can find out more about our staff by clicking here.

This website aims to tell you more about the practice and the people who are here to help you. It will also tell you about what services we offer and how best to use them. There is also a section on how you can look after your own family's health. We recommend that you 'Bookmark' it for quick reference.

New Telephone System (Updated)

As most of our patients will know, we recently installed a new automated telephone system at Adelaide Street. However, through the feedback we received from patients, we were made aware of a few teething problems and on the whole it wasn't popular - nobody likes talking to a machine after all.

In light of these comments and to prove we listen to - and more important act upon - patient feedback, we have now reverted to the original system, so you will now get through to a human being!

Patient Survey

You may receive a patient survey through the post, which will ask you about your thoughts on the practice. If you could rlease return these in the pre-paid envelopes as soon as possible, we would be most grateful.

If you do not receive one in the post, don't worry as they are available from our reception desks at Adelaide Street and Harris Medical Centre.

If you wish to complete the survey online, please click the link at the bottom of this page.

Text message reminders

If you are a registered patient at either of our practices and we have your mobile telephone number, you will now be sent a free text message 24 hours before your appointment as a reminder.

As a nifty little addition, if you no longer require the appointment all you do is follow the instruction in the text message and reply with the word 'CANCEL' and we will do exactly that. This will then make the appointment available to someone else.

If at any point you wish to 'opt-out' of this service, simply reply to any of the messages with the word 'STOP' and will will stop sending you messages.

Finally, please be assured that our system will never send you messages outside of surgery hours, so no need to worry about your phone 'bleeping' in the middle of the night.

We hope you feel this service is of benefit - as ever, we would love to hear your thoughts, good or bad, by clicking the 'Contact Details' tab above.