After 6:30pm and before 8:00am, Monday to Friday, weekends and public holidays:

To contact the EMERGENCY 'Out of Hours' DOCTOR phone 0845 408 8000

Vine Surgery is a member of the Dorset and Somerset Urgent Care Service Hub 'out of hours' co-operative.

During the out-of hours period there is a doctor available to give urgent medical advice and will arrange a home visit if necessary.

You may be asked to attend a treatment centre at a local hospital, but this will be by appointment only.

The 'Out of Hours' service is for urgent medical problems only.

Other problems should wait until normal surgery hours when patients' records are available.

Whilst our doctors take part in the 'Out of Hours' rota, you may receive advice or see a doctor from another surgery, depending who is on duty.

All advice, medication or other treatment given by the Emergency doctor, will be notified to us in due course, so we can update your records accordingly.

You can also obtain 24 hour general medical advice by telephoning NHS Direct on 0845 46 47 or by accessing the NHS Direct website