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West Calder Medical Practice: appointments, opening hours, prescriptions and NHS 24

West Calder Medical Practice is based at West Calder Medical Centre, 65 West End, West Calder, West Lothian, EH55 8EJ. This is a Scottish NHS GP practice, so the patient routes differ in several important ways from GP surgeries in England: NHS 24 handles urgent out-of-hours care, Pharmacy First Scotland can deal with many minor illnesses, and NHS Near Me is available for suitable pre-booked video consultations.

Choose the right service Appointment help Check registration

1. Contact the practice

2. Explain what you need The admin team may ask brief medical information so your request reaches the appropriate clinician.

✓3. Right service GP, ANP, nurse, pharmacy, self-referral, NHS Near Me or NHS 24.

Practice telephone

01506 874300

Call reception to request an appointment, ask about a same-day acute problem, book extended access, arrange a nurse appointment, request a home visit or get help choosing the right member of the practice team.

Call 01506 874300 Official practice website

Practice address

West Calder Medical Practice
West Calder Medical Centre
65 West End
West Calder
West Lothian
EH55 8EJ

The practice describes the building as purpose-built, with disabled access and ample parking.

Directions to the surgery

Telephone

01506 874300

Normal hours

Mon–Fri 8am–6pm

Out of hours

NHS 24 — 111

NHS Board area

NHS Lothian

Fast answer: West Calder Medical Practice is at 65 West End, West Calder, EH55 8EJ. Call 01506 874300. The building is currently listed as open for enquiries from 8:00am to 6:00pm Monday to Friday. When the practice is closed, use NHS 24 on 111 for urgent care that cannot wait.

Start with the problem you need to solve

West Calder works with GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, practice nurses, healthcare assistants, physiotherapy, mental-health staff, pharmacy and other community services. Reception may therefore ask what your problem is—not to diagnose you, but to help route the request appropriately.

You need	Best first route	What happens next
Life-threatening emergency	Call 999.	Do not wait for a GP callback or NHS Near Me appointment.
Urgent same-day medical problem while open	Call 01506 874300.	The duty clinician or another appropriate healthcare professional can assess the request.
Acute illness suitable for an ANP	Contact reception and explain the problem.	The practice currently says its Advanced Nurse Practitioners offer same-day appointments for acute problems.
Minor illness	Consider NHS Pharmacy First Scotland.	A community pharmacist can assess and treat many common minor conditions without a GP appointment.
Repeat prescription	Use the online form, post, in person or a participating pharmacy.	Allow up to two working days for the practice, plus pharmacy dispensing time.
Test result	Call between 11am and 5pm after the expected result time has passed.	Most practice-arranged results take about a week.
Home visit	Call before 10:30am if possible.	A nurse or doctor assesses whether a home visit is medically appropriate.
Urgent help after the practice closes	Call NHS 24 on 111.	NHS 24 assesses the problem and directs you to the appropriate urgent service.

For general background on GP appointments, records and registration, see the Medical Practice UK patient guide.

West Calder Medical Practice opening hours

The current practice opening-hours page and NHS 24 directory both list normal weekday opening from 8am to 6pm.

Day	Normal opening	Patient note
Monday	8:00am–6:00pm	Call early for urgent same-day requests where possible.
Tuesday	8:00am–6:00pm	Test-result calls are requested between 11am and 5pm.
Wednesday	8:00am–6:00pm	Medical-secretary and referral queries may use separate practice routes.
Thursday	8:00am–6:00pm	Check the practice news page for public-holiday or temporary closures.
Friday	8:00am–6:00pm	Allow two working days for routine repeat-prescription processing.
Saturday	Closed	Use NHS 24 on 111 for urgent problems that cannot wait.
Sunday	Closed	Call 999 for a life-threatening emergency.

Official opening hours NHS 24 West Calder listing

Appointments: call reception and let care navigation work

The practice’s current team information says administrative staff may ask a small amount of information about your medical condition so your request can be handled by the correct clinician. That is particularly useful at West Calder because Advanced Nurse Practitioners and other clinicians deal with many problems that previously would have required a GP.

One official booking page still contains COVID-era wording. Because that wording is clearly historical, this guide does not present its pandemic callback instructions as a current 2026 booking requirement. For a current appointment, start with the live surgery number and current practice team/service information.

Call reception and explain the main reason for the appointment.
You do not need to give a full medical history to administrative staff, but enough information helps them identify the right service.

Say if the problem needs attention today.
The current nursing-team page says Advanced Nurse Practitioners offer same-day appointments for acute problems.

Ask for a specific GP if continuity matters.
The practice states that patients may choose which doctor they wish to consult, although actual availability will depend on the day and workload.

Cancel if you no longer need the appointment.
This releases the slot for another patient and avoids unnecessary delays.

Official appointment hub Current nursing and ANP team

GP, ANP, pharmacy or NHS 24?

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

West Calder says its ANPs offer same-day appointments for acute problems and manage many conditions that previously would have been seen by a doctor.

GP

Complex, long-standing or diagnostically difficult problems may still be best managed by a GP, particularly where continuity is useful.

Pharmacy First Scotland

For many minor illnesses, a community pharmacy can provide NHS advice and treatment without a GP appointment.

NHS 24

When the practice is closed and the problem cannot wait, call 111. For a life-threatening emergency, call 999 instead.

Extended access appointments

West Calder publishes an Extended Access service for routine medical problems that are difficult to manage during ordinary working hours.

How to book

Call normal surgery reception. The practice says extended-access consultations begin as telephone callbacks from the doctor.

What it is for

Routine problems broadly similar to those that can be pre-booked during normal surgery hours.

What extended access does not provide

Blood tests.
Cervical smears.
Intimate examinations needing a chaperone.
Chronic-disease management reviews.
Dressings.
Ear syringing.

It is not an emergency service. If you become unwell after the surgery closes and cannot wait for normal opening, call NHS 24 on 111.

Official Extended Access guidance

NHS Near Me video appointments

West Calder currently supports NHS Near Me video consultations using the NHS Scotland Attend Anywhere service.

The appointment must be booked first.
The Near Me page is not an open video walk-in service.

The practice decides whether video is suitable.
Your clinician or booking staff can tell you whether the problem can be managed safely by video.

Test your device before the appointment.
NHS Near Me provides a test-call option to check your camera, microphone, speaker and internet connection.

Join the online waiting area at the appointment time.
The practice warns that there can be a short wait before the clinician connects.

West Calder NHS Near Me instructions NHS Scotland Near Me information

Repeat prescriptions: allow two working days

The current repeat-prescription page says routine requests take up to two working days / 48 working hours for the practice to process. Your pharmacy may then need additional time to prepare the medicine.

Ordering method	Current West Calder guidance
Online form	Registered patients can submit the practice’s online repeat-prescription request form.
In person	Return the relevant part of your previous repeat slip or give the practice a written request.
Post	Written requests can be posted; include a stamped addressed envelope if the prescription needs returned by post.
Pharmacy	Some local pharmacies can order and collect prescriptions on your behalf.
Telephone	Routine repeat-prescription requests are not accepted by telephone.
Medication review	Patients on repeat medication may periodically be asked to attend a medication review or monitoring tests.

Run out of an important regular medicine? The practice advises contacting your usual pharmacy first. Under Scotland’s urgent repeat-medicine arrangements, a pharmacist may sometimes be able to provide a further supply of a previously repeated medicine. Controlled drugs and antibiotics have different restrictions.

Official repeat-prescription guidance

For general medicine-planning help, see the Medication Practices guide.

Test results: call between 11am and 5pm

West Calder asks patients to wait until the expected result time has passed and then telephone the surgery between 11:00am and 5:00pm. The practice says most results take around a week.

Ask when the result should be ready when the test is taken.
Different tests can take different lengths of time.

Wait until that timescale has passed.
The practice asks patients not to call too early.

Call between 11am and 5pm.
Reception can give information once the result is available but cannot independently interpret the clinical meaning.

If a hospital specialist ordered the test, contact the hospital team.
West Calder says tests requested by another clinician should normally be followed up with the service that arranged them.

Confidentiality: the practice normally releases results only to the person they relate to unless prior permission or another lawful arrangement is in place.

Official test-results instructions

Home visits: request before 10:30am

West Calder asks patients who believe they need an urgent same-day home visit to call before 10:30am. A home visit is a clinical decision rather than an automatic entitlement.

A home visit may be appropriate

Terminal illness.
Being genuinely bedbound.
Being so unwell that moving the patient could cause serious harm.

Usually not a reason on its own

No transport.
Bad weather.
Childcare difficulties.
Age alone.
Convenience or timing preference.

Possible heart attack, stroke or another critical emergency? Call 999 rather than waiting for a GP to visit the house.

Official home-visit guidance

Register with West Calder Medical Practice

The practice provides an online registration route but serves a defined geographic area. Its homepage describes the practice area as stretching broadly along the A71 from Alderstone Road to Breich, bounded by the River Almond to the north and the Pentland Hills to the south.

Alderstone Road

West Calder

A71 corridor

Breich

This is a simplified description, not a substitute for the practice’s current boundary checker. Exact eligibility depends on your address.

Check whether your address is covered.
The practice registration page links to NHS Lothian tools for checking which GP practices cover an address.

Complete the online registration form.
The form collects your contact information, previous GP details and a short medical history.

ID can help match your record—but it is not an absolute registration requirement.
The practice requests identity and address evidence where possible, but its own policy says no documents are legally required to register and that patients without documents may still be registered after details are verified.

Permanent registration normally requires staying in the area for more than three months.
If you are staying for a shorter period, ask about temporary-patient arrangements.

Registering a new baby?
The practice asks parents to upload the Birth Registration Document with the new-baby registration.

Previous records can take time. West Calder warns that medical records from your previous practice may take several weeks to arrive after registration.

West Calder new-patient registration Read the registration policy

Clinics and services at West Calder

The current team and clinic pages show that care is shared across a broad multidisciplinary team rather than being provided only through GP appointments.

Advanced Nurse Practitioners

ANPs currently offer same-day appointments for acute problems and can manage many conditions that previously would have been seen by a GP.

Long-term conditions

Nurse-led services include diabetes, asthma, COPD, coronary heart disease and blood-pressure management.

Practice nursing

Services include cervical screening, dressings, contraception, immunisation and health-promotion work.

Tests and procedures

The current team includes healthcare assistants and phlebotomy support for tasks such as blood samples, ECGs and some monitoring procedures.

Physiotherapy

The team page currently lists an Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner, and local self-referral/MSK routes are also signposted.

Mental-health support

A Practice Mental Health Nurse is currently listed, alongside West Lothian mental-health and wellbeing self-referral services.

Current clinical team Practice clinics West Lothian self-referral services

Vaccinations and travel: two easy mistakes to avoid

Winter flu and COVID vaccination

The practice’s current 2026 guidance says eligible patients should not contact the GP surgery to book. NHS Scotland will contact eligible people with an appointment or booking information.

Travel vaccination

The current travel page says travel vaccines are no longer generally provided as part of normal General Practice. Patients are directed to travel-clinic services, and private charges may apply depending on the service and vaccine.

West Lothian travel route: the practice currently lists the NHS Lothian Travel Clinic central booking number as 0131 537 2823, including access to the Strathbrock service for West Lothian residents.

Current travel-clinic guidance 2026 winter vaccination notice

Parking, disabled access and communication support

The practice homepage describes West Calder Medical Centre as purpose-built with disabled access and ample parking.

Physical access

The practice currently identifies disabled access at the surgery. If a specific access feature is essential to your visit, telephone before travelling to confirm the current arrangement.

Communication needs

The practice provides an Accessible Information Standard questionnaire where patients can record communication needs including British Sign Language, lip-reading, hearing-aid use and other communication methods.

Website accessibility: the practice accessibility statement was reviewed and tested in June 2026. It acknowledges that some older PDFs, forms and embedded content may still present accessibility barriers. Patients can ask the practice for information in another format.

Practice accessibility statement

Why West Calder does not have a CQC rating

West Calder Medical Practice is in Scotland. The Care Quality Commission regulates health and care services in England, not Scottish GP practices. Scotland has separate NHS Board, contractual, clinical-governance and professional-regulation arrangements.

Do not invent a CQC rating for this page. A search result showing a CQC score for a similarly named practice elsewhere would not be evidence about West Calder Medical Practice.

For this page, current practice information is therefore cross-checked primarily against the practice itself, NHS 24/NHS Scotland information, NHS Lothian context and Scottish Government primary-care guidance rather than an English CQC location record.

Scottish Government general-practice information CQC scope — England

Map and directions

West Calder Medical Practice
West Calder Medical Centre
65 West End
West Calder
West Lothian
EH55 8EJ

Map provided for location and directions only. MedicalPracticeUK.org is not the official West Calder Medical Practice website.

Parking: the practice describes the medical centre as having ample parking, but parking availability can change during busy clinic periods. Allow extra time for a timed appointment.

When West Calder Medical Practice is closed

Situation	Use this service
Life-threatening emergency	Call 999.
Urgent medical problem that cannot wait	Call NHS 24 on 111.
Minor illness	Use a community pharmacy and ask about Pharmacy First Scotland.
Routine repeat prescription	Use the normal prescription route when the practice reopens; if you have run out of an important repeat medicine, contact your usual pharmacy for advice.
Routine appointment	Contact West Calder during normal weekday opening.

Official and authoritative sources

Last verified: 21 September 2026.

West Calder Medical Practice FAQs

What is West Calder Medical Practice’s phone number?

The main surgery number is 01506 874300. When the practice is closed, call NHS 24 on 111 for urgent medical problems that cannot wait.

What are West Calder Medical Practice opening hours?

The current practice and NHS 24 listings show normal opening from 8:00am to 6:00pm Monday to Friday. The practice is normally closed on Saturday and Sunday.

How do I book an appointment at West Calder Medical Practice?

Call reception on 01506 874300 and explain the main reason for your request. Reception may ask brief information so the problem can be directed to the appropriate clinician. The practice team includes GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, nurses and other healthcare professionals.

Can I get a same-day appointment for an acute problem?

The current nursing-team page says West Calder’s Advanced Nurse Practitioners offer same-day appointments for acute problems. Call reception and explain that you need same-day medical help so the request can be assessed appropriately.

How long do repeat prescriptions take?

West Calder asks patients to allow up to two working days, or 48 working hours, for the practice to process a routine repeat prescription. Your pharmacy may need additional time to prepare the medicine. Routine repeat requests are not accepted by telephone.

When should I call for my test results?

The practice asks patients to call between 11am and 5pm once the expected result time has passed. Most results take about a week. If a hospital clinician ordered the test, contact the hospital or clinic that requested it for the result.

How do I request a home visit?

Call 01506 874300 before 10:30am if possible. Home visits are clinically assessed and are mainly intended for patients who are genuinely bedbound, terminally ill, or so unwell that moving them could cause serious harm.

Can I register with West Calder Medical Practice without ID?

The practice requests identity and address evidence where possible because it helps match NHS records, but its registration policy says no documents are required to register with a GP in Scotland. If you cannot provide documents, the practice may verify your information with the registration department instead.

Does West Calder Medical Practice offer NHS Near Me video appointments?

Yes. West Calder offers NHS Near Me video consultations for suitable pre-booked appointments. You must first have an appointment arranged with the practice; NHS Near Me is not an open video walk-in service.

Does West Calder Medical Practice have a CQC rating?

No CQC rating should be used for this Scottish GP practice. The Care Quality Commission regulates health and care services in England. West Calder operates within NHS Scotland and NHS Lothian arrangements, which use a different governance and regulatory framework.

Independent information notice: MedicalPracticeUK.org is not West Calder Medical Practice, NHS Lothian, NHS Scotland, NHS 24 or a GP registration authority. Appointment availability, registration boundaries, extended-access arrangements, prescription processing and clinical services can change. Use the official links above for live information affecting an immediate medical request, prescription or visit.

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