About Us
Worcester Walk-in Health Centre is run by Elgar Healthcare,
an organisation set up by local GPs to continue local delivery of your
healthcare by people who understand the health needs of the local
population.
This centre is not designed to replace an individual’s own GP as Worcestershire already has an established network of high quality GPs around the county. This new service is designed to complement the treatment given by a patient’s usual GP by improving access to primary care services, health screening and health promotion services.
For patients who live within the city boundary of Worcester, they can
choose to register as a patient at Worcester Walk-In Health Centre in
the same way that you may change your GP now if you so wish. The service
you will receive as a registered patient will be the same as at any
other GP surgery, but simply with longer opening hours.
For patients who are not registered at Worcester Walk-In Health Centre
but who attend the centre for an appointment, information about that
consultation will be communicated back to the patients ‘regular’ GP in
the same way that Out of Hours consultations are done.
The walk-in centre is also not intended to replace the Out of Hours
service which patients can continue to access in the usual way from
6.30pm to 8am on weekdays and all day at weekends.