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Christmas & New Year 2025/26
Posted or Updated on 24 Dec 2025
🎄 Christmas & New Year Opening Hours – Carmel Medical Practice
Patients registered at the practice can continue to access a range of NHS services over the Christmas and New Year period. Please see details below.
🩺 Carmel Medical Practice
Telephone lines
📞 08:00–18:00
Practice building open to patients
🏥 08:00–18:30*
(*Please note: routine appointments finish at 6:00pm. Contracted cover is in place from 6:00pm–6:30pm.)
Normal opening days
⏰ Early Morning Opening (7:30am–8:00am)
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday where listed, the practice opens at 7:30am for PRE-BOOKED Enhanced Access appointments only.
➡️ Telephone lines open from 8:00am
➡️ Patients must have a booked appointment to attend between 7:30am–8:00am
Closed
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Christmas Day – Thursday 25 December
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Boxing Day – Friday 26 December
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New Year’s Day – Thursday 1 January
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All weekends
🕕 Enhanced Access Appointments – Forsyth House (Darlington)
Enhanced Access appointments are available via your GP practice only (there is no direct booking phone number).
Evenings
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Mon–Wed (22–24 Dec): 18:30–21:00
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Mon–Wed (29–31 Dec): 18:30–21:00
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Friday 2 January: 18:30–21:00
Weekends / Daytime
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Sunday 21 December: 09:00–13:00
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Friday 26 December: 09:00–11:30
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Saturday 27 December: 09:00–17:00
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Sunday 28 December: 09:00–13:00
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Thursday 1 January: 09:00–11:30
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Saturday 3 January: 09:00–17:00
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Sunday 4 January: 09:00–13:00
ℹ️ Some Enhanced Access hours originally planned for bank holidays are being reprovided on alternative dates.
🤧 Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) Hub – Forsyth House
ARI Hub appointments are booked via your GP practice or NHS 111.
Open
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Sunday 21 December: 12:00–16:00
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Mon–Wed (22–24 Dec): 12:00–18:00
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Saturday 27 December: 12:00–18:00
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Mon–Wed (29–31 Dec): 12:00–18:00
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Friday 2 January: 12:00–18:00
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Saturday 3 January: 12:00–18:00
Closed
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Christmas Day
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Boxing Day
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Sunday 28 December
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New Year’s Day
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Sunday 4 January
🚑 Urgent Care – Darlington Memorial Hospital
Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including:
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Christmas Day
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Boxing Day
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New Year’s Day
➕ Additional Urgent Care Capacity
Additional urgent care capacity has been commissioned on:
💊 Pharmacy Opening (Bank Holidays Only)
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Cockerton Pharmacy - Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Year’s Day
West Auckland Road, Darlington
⏰ 10:00–18:00
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ASDA Pharmacy - Boxing Day & New Year’s Day
Whinbush Way, Darlington
⏰ 10:00–16:00
🦷 Emergency Dental Care
If you need urgent dental care when your dentist is closed, visit:
👉 https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk/here-to-help-you/nhs-dentistry/
❗ Need Urgent Help?
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Use NHS 111 (online or by phone) if your GP practice is closed
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In a life-threatening emergency, always call 999
Christmas and New Year 25/26 - Tees Valley Primary and Urgent Care Provision (XLSX, 13KB)