Opening Times 
The surgery opens it's doors at Helston Medical Centre each day at 0800. However, reception is only available for urgent duty issues (and is not able to book appointments) until 0830. There is an urgent call handling service between 0800 to 0830 and 1800 to 1830 Monday to Friday
Reception is open at 08:30 to 18:00 Monday to Friday.
We also hold evening surgeries where you can pre-book an appointment on one or two evenings per week up until 20:00. Some doctors are now trialing early morning appointments from 07:20 to 08:00.
Surgery times at Helston are as follows:
| Morning | Afternoon |
Monday | 08:30 - 11:30 | 14:30 - 18:00 |
Tuesday | 08:30 - 11:30 | 14:30 - 18:00 |
Wednesday | 08:30 - 11:30 | 14:30 - 18:00 |
Thursday | 08:30 - 11:30 | 14:30 - 18:00 |
Friday | 08:30 - 11:30 | 14:30 - 18:00 |
Saturday | closed | closed |
Sunday | closed | closed |
Reception at Porthleven is open daily at 08:30 to 18:00 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 17:30 on Wednesdays. There are early morning appointments available to be prebooked from 07:30 - please enquire at reception for availability.
Surgery times are as follows
| Morning | Afternoon |
Monday | 08:30 - 12:00 | 14:30 - 17:30 |
Tuesday | 08:30 - 12:00 | 14:30 - 17:30 |
Wednesday | 08:30 - 12:00 | 14:30 - 17:00 |
Thursday | 08:30 - 12:00 | 14:30 - 17:30 |
Friday | 08:30 - 12:00 | 14:30 - 17:00 |
Weekend | closed | closed |

Each of our surgeries is accessible to patients using a wheelchair, and wheelchairs are available at each surgery, if required, to assist patients into the building. We also have two parking spaces outside the Helston Medical Centre which are reserved for patients’ cars displaying a disabled sticker.