Welcome to Cumbria Health On Call Ltd
Welcome to Cumbria Health on Call Limited
Cumbria Health on Call Ltd provides Out of Hours specialist services for patients with urgent medical problems who need to contact a clinician after doctors’ surgeries close.
Our History
In April 1996 Cumbria Emergency Doctors on Call (CueDoc Ltd) was established as a not-for-profit Out of Hours provider serving patients and visitors in North Cumbria from the Scottish Borders, Carlisle, Eden Valley, Solway and the West Coast extending as far south as Millom.
Baycall was the PCT’s provider of the “out of hours” General Practice service covering the south of Cumbria and Morecambe Bay. Baycall became operational on 1 October 2004 and covered a population of 330,000 receiving 55,000 telephone calls per annum.
In April 2009 CueDoc and Baycall merged to form Cumbria Health on Call Limited (CHOC) a not-for-profit organisation serving patients and visitors to the whole of Cumbria, the Scottish Borders and Eden Valley.
Contact Details
Patients requiring out of hours assistance, please call the following numbers:
Patients using Typetalk please call:
The main CHOC treatment centres are located in:
For more detail about CHOC Limited and Out of Hours information please download this PDF
Cumbria Health on Call Ltd provides Out of Hours specialist services for patients with urgent medical problems who need to contact a clinician after doctors’ surgeries close.
Our History
In April 1996 Cumbria Emergency Doctors on Call (CueDoc Ltd) was established as a not-for-profit Out of Hours provider serving patients and visitors in North Cumbria from the Scottish Borders, Carlisle, Eden Valley, Solway and the West Coast extending as far south as Millom.
Baycall was the PCT’s provider of the “out of hours” General Practice service covering the south of Cumbria and Morecambe Bay. Baycall became operational on 1 October 2004 and covered a population of 330,000 receiving 55,000 telephone calls per annum.
In April 2009 CueDoc and Baycall merged to form Cumbria Health on Call Limited (CHOC) a not-for-profit organisation serving patients and visitors to the whole of Cumbria, the Scottish Borders and Eden Valley.
Contact Details
Patients requiring out of hours assistance, please call the following numbers:
- 03000 247 247
- or your local doctors surgery from which your call will automatically be redirected.
Patients using Typetalk please call:
- 18001 03000 247 247
CHOC Ltd Opening Hours
- Weeknights: 18:30 pm - 08:00 am
- Saturday
- Sunday
- Bank Holidays
The main CHOC treatment centres are located in:
- Carlisle - Hilltop Heights off London Road
- Whitehaven - West Cumberland Hospital
- Penrith - Penrith Community Hospital
- Satellite surgery at Wigton Community Hospital
- Kendal - Westmorland General Hospital
- Barrow - Furness General Hospital
For more detail about CHOC Limited and Out of Hours information please download this PDF