PLANS in Barnsley to offer telephone, email and video appointments with GPs and nurses in the evenings and over the weekends will be in place by the autumn.

The plans will also see additional, bookable appointments available provided from two locations across the borough.

The new services will operate out of the Woodland Drive Medical Centre near the Kingstone, Pogmoor area and the Chapelfield Medical Centre in Wombwell and will be open to anyone who is registered with a GP in Barnsley.

The new services will start at the end of September with the appointments being available at the two locations and over the telephone. The email and video services will follow later into the autumn.