Lapal Medical Practice: appointments, opening hours, prescriptions and patient help
Lapal Medical Practice is an NHS GP surgery at 95 Goodrest Avenue, Halesowen, West Midlands, B62 0HP. This page focuses on the routes patients need most: contacting the practice, requesting appointments, using online services, ordering repeat medicines, registering, arranging evening or Saturday care, checking access facilities and understanding the latest CQC assessment.
Use the main number for appointment help, urgent GP concerns while the surgery is open, home-visit queries, medication questions, registration help, access needs and support if an online service does not work for you.
Lapal Medical Practice
95 Goodrest Avenue
Halesowen
West Midlands
B62 0HP
NHS organisation code: M87014
The practice is part of Halesowen Primary Care Network within the Black Country NHS system.
Lapal Medical Practice opening hours
| Day | Practice opening | Published doctor consulting periods |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 8:00am–6:30pm | 8:30am–11:30am and 3:30pm–6:00pm |
| Tuesday | 8:00am–6:30pm | 8:30am–11:30am and 3:30pm–6:00pm |
| Wednesday | 8:00am–6:30pm | 8:30am–11:30am and 3:30pm–6:00pm |
| Thursday | 8:00am–6:30pm | 8:30am–11:30am and 3:30pm–6:00pm |
| Friday | 8:00am–6:30pm | 8:30am–11:30am and 3:30pm–6:00pm |
| Saturday | Closed | Enhanced-access appointments operate separately. |
| Sunday | Closed | Use NHS 111 for urgent non-life-threatening care. |
How to request an appointment
Lapal’s website offers online contact alongside telephone and in-person access. The safest approach is to use the live practice page because the homepage currently displays several digital-service modules and those tools can change over time.
If somebody has life-threatening symptoms, call 999. If you need urgent GP help while the surgery is open, call 0121 422 2345 and explain that the problem needs attention today.
Describe one main problem, when it began, whether it is changing and what help you need.
Depending on the problem, general practice care may be provided by a GP, nurse practitioner, nurse, pharmacist or another primary-care professional.
The official online-services page explicitly says patients can still contact the practice by phone or in person.
Online services: what is safely verified
The official Lapal website currently presents several online-contact modules. Because platform labels and integrations can be changed by the practice or website provider, this guide does not tell patients that one named third-party platform is permanently the only appointment system.
Contact Us Online
Use the live practice website for non-urgent medical and administrative requests. Starting from the official Lapal domain avoids following an obsolete bookmarked form.
NHS App
The practice promotes the NHS App for supported appointment functions, repeat prescriptions, nominated-pharmacy management, record access and test results where available.
Patient Access
Lapal also publishes Patient Access as an online-service option, including repeat-prescription ordering.
Evening and Saturday appointments in Halesowen
Lapal belongs to the Halesowen Primary Care Network. NHS Black Country says patients across its GP practices can access additional appointments outside normal core hours.
Weekday evenings
NHS Black Country currently publishes additional GP access between 6:30pm and 8:00pm Monday to Friday.
Saturday
Additional primary-care appointments are currently published between 9:00am and 5:00pm on Saturdays.
Location may be different
Your appointment may be at Lapal or another nearby Halesowen practice. Reception should tell you the exact site before you travel.
Appointment format
NHS Black Country says enhanced-access appointments may be face-to-face, telephone or video consultations depending on the service.
Repeat prescriptions: choose the route that fits you
Lapal currently publishes several prescription-ordering methods. This is useful for patients who cannot or do not want to rely on one app.
| Ordering method | How it works |
|---|---|
| NHS App / NHS account | View available repeat medicines, select what you need and submit the request to the practice. |
| Patient Access | Registered users can request repeat medicines through the online-service account. |
| Practice online prescription form | Use the prescription-ordering route linked from the official Lapal website. |
| Pharmacy order-and-collect service | Some local pharmacies can manage repeat-order requests for patients who use their service. |
| In person or by post | The practice also accepts repeat requests delivered or posted to 95 Goodrest Avenue. |
No verified current processing time published
The current prescription page explains how to order but does not publish a clear current number of working days for every repeat request. This guide therefore does not invent a two-day, three-day or other processing promise.
Medication reviews
The practice says patients on repeat medicines will normally be asked to review them with a pharmacist, GP, nurse practitioner or practice nurse at least once a year. A review can prevent further repeats being delayed when clinical monitoring is due.
Electronic Prescription Service
Lapal uses the NHS Electronic Prescription Service. A prescription can be sent directly to your nominated pharmacy. You can ask the pharmacy or reception to update your nomination.
Test results: avoid guessing the turnaround time
Lapal promotes online GP-record access through the NHS App, which can include test results where they have been made available. A fixed practice-specific turnaround for every test could not be verified from the current official patient pages, so this guide does not give a made-up “3-day” or “7-day” rule.
Different blood tests, scans, cultures and hospital investigations take different lengths of time.
The practice says NHS App users can view parts of their GP record, including test results where available.
Call 0121 422 2345 or use the practice’s current online-contact route if you need help with a result.
If a hospital specialist ordered the test, follow the hospital team’s instructions rather than assuming Lapal is responsible for the result.
Register with Lapal Medical Practice
The NHS profile currently shows Lapal Medical Practice as accepting new patients.
The practice serves Halesowen and nearby areas. If you are unsure whether your address is inside its registration area, call the practice before relying on an old boundary map.
Follow the registration information from NHS.uk or the New Patients link on the Lapal website.
Your NHS number, previous GP details and current medicines can help records match correctly, even though lack of an NHS number should not by itself prevent NHS GP registration.
If you take regular medication, do not wait until you have almost run out before checking that the new practice has received enough information to continue safe prescribing.
Clinics and services at Lapal
The current practice service directory lists a range of primary-care clinics. Exact appointment availability depends on staffing and clinical need.
Child immunisation
The practice currently lists a child-immunisation clinic on Tuesdays between 9:30am and 12:00pm.
Cervical screening
Cervical screening is provided through the practice nurse for eligible patients invited under the NHS screening programme.
Contraception
The practice publishes routine contraception advice through doctors and practice nurses and states that coil fitting is available.
Antenatal care
Community midwife clinics are held at the surgery, with antenatal care shared with the medical team as appropriate.
Travel health
The practice asks patients needing travel advice to complete its risk-assessment form in advance and recommends allowing plenty of time before departure.
Physiotherapy self-referral
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital currently lists Lapal Medical Practice among the GP practices able to use its adult physiotherapy self-referral pathway.
Accessibility at 95 Goodrest Avenue
Lapal’s current practice policy information lists several specific accessibility facilities.
Physical access
- Wheelchair access.
- Accessible toilets.
- Disabled parking.
Hearing support
- Hearing loop available.
- Contact reception before an appointment if you need additional communication support.
Complaints, feedback and the Patient Participation Group
The practice publishes a direct feedback/contact route and says it welcomes suggestions about how its services are run. CQC’s 2025 assessment also describes an active Patient Participation Group whose representative reported that practice managers engaged with patient feedback.
Complain to the practice
Use the Lapal feedback/contact form or ask reception for the current complaint route. Give the relevant dates, what happened and what outcome you want the practice to consider.
Commissioner complaint
The practice currently directs primary-care commissioner complaints to NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board.
Telephone: 0300 0120 281
Email: bcicb.time2talk@nhs.net
Latest CQC position: Overall Good, but Safe Requires Improvement
This is an important update because older pages may still focus on Lapal’s 2015 inspection. CQC completed a newer assessment in 2025 and published its report on 4 December 2025.
| CQC area | Current displayed rating |
|---|---|
| Overall | Good |
| Safe | Requires improvement |
| Effective | Good |
| Caring | Good |
| Responsive | Good |
| Well-led | Good |
What changed in the 2025 assessment?
CQC said the Safe rating changed from Good to Requires improvement. Its report identified concerns involving aspects of long-term-condition monitoring, some medicines requiring regular monitoring or review, some MHRA alerts and the need to review safeguarding registers.
CQC said it had asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found.
Map and directions to Lapal Medical Practice
Lapal Medical Practice
95 Goodrest Avenue
Halesowen
West Midlands
B62 0HP
When Lapal Medical Practice is closed
| Situation | Use this route |
|---|---|
| Life-threatening emergency | Call 999. |
| Urgent problem that cannot wait | Use NHS 111 online or call 111. |
| Weekday evening routine appointment | Ask Lapal reception about Black Country/Halesowen enhanced access between 6:30pm and 8:00pm. |
| Saturday routine appointment | Ask about enhanced access between 9:00am and 5:00pm. The appointment may be at another local practice. |
| Minor illness or medicine advice | A community pharmacy may be able to help without a GP appointment. |
| Routine administration or prescription | Use the normal Lapal route when the practice is open and allow time for processing. |
Official sources used
- Lapal Medical Practice official website
- Official contact, opening hours and extended-access information
- Official online-services information
- Official repeat-prescription guidance
- Official clinics and services directory
- NHS Lapal Medical Practice profile
- NHS Black Country GP and enhanced-access information
- Care Quality Commission Lapal profile
- Latest CQC assessment summary
- Royal Orthopaedic Hospital physiotherapy self-referral
Last verified: 21 September 2026.