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Walk In Health MOT Clinics

Walk in health MOT clinic poster

Clinics will be held at Rebuild with Hope, located upstairs inside the Grand Arcade. ✅ FREE health checks include: Blood pressure check Height, weight, and BMI Lifestyle advice on diet, exercise, alcohol and smoking ❌NO appointment needed – just walk in!❌

Bowel Cancer – This Van Can

GM Cancer Alliance ‘This Van Can’ is in Wigan and Leigh for the next couple of weeks. It will be in the following locations on the following days and they usually operate 10am till 6pm. Robin Retail Park Wednesday 16th and Saturday 19th April 2025 Tesco, Leigh Thursday 17th and Saturday 26th April 2025 Tesco,…

Easter Opening Times 2025

Easter opening times 2025 for Longshoot Health Centre

Please can all patients who may be due prescription items during the Easter period ensure these are ordered by Friday 11th April 2025. This will give us enough time to process your items and the pharmacy time to order/dispense these. Thank you so much.

Covid 19 Spring/Summer Vaccinations 2025

Poster containing details of local Covid-19 vaccination clinics

You can now book your Spring/Summer COVID-19 booster if you’re eligible. Vaccinations will begin on 1st April. Eligible patients are: – Adults aged 75 years and over (this includes those who will turn 75 years old by 17 June 2025. – Residents in a care home for older adults – Patients aged 6 months and…

Drop In Health Check Clinic

Drop in health check clinic Wednesday 5 February 2025 10am till 2pm and Friday 7 February 2025 10.30am till 3.30pm at Rebuild With Hope Grand Arcade Shopping Centre, Wigan.

Drop in health check clinic Wednesday 5 February 2025 10am till 2pm and Friday 7 February 2025 10.30am till 3.30pm at Rebuild With Hope Grand Arcade Shopping Centre, Wigan.

Child Flu Nasal Vaccines – catch up clinics

Extra flu vaccine clinic for children who have missed having it at school.  Call 03333 583 397 (option 1) to book

The NHS in Greater Manchester urges parents to act now, as cases of flu are rising in children aged 5 to 14 years old. Children catch and spread flu easily and it can make them very poorly. For children who missed out at school, IntraHealth are offering community clinics until 18th January 2025. Anyone who…

Christmas Bank Holiday Community Pharmacy Opening Hours

Pharmacy opening times over the Christmas period 2024

Need a pharmacy over the festive season? Here’s a reminder that some community pharmacies will have adjusted opening hours over the Christmas bank holidays. Pharmacies can provide advice, over-the-counter remedies, and support for minor health concerns during this time. For urgent medical help or advice, you can also contact NHS 111 at any time. Wishing…

New Practice Telephone Number

*** Our new telephone number is now live! If you need to contact the surgery please use 01942 368055. Anyone telephoning our old number 01942 807750 will receive an automated message to make the caller aware the number has now been disconnected. Please make your friends and family aware of the change. Thank you. ***

NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR DR M K PATEL AND PARTNERS

We are pleased to announce that our new telephone system will go live on Friday, 1st November 2024! Please note our new telephone number: 01942 368 055. We will be working hard to ensure that any disruption to patients is kept to a minimum during this transition.

Overcoming language barriers

To overcome language barriers we use Language Line to communicate with our patients whose first language isn’t English. We also have a member of our non clinical team who can speak Urdu and Punjabi. ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਦੀਆਂ ਰੁਕਾਵਟਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਦੂਰ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਅਸੀਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਮਰੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਸੰਚਾਰ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਲਾਈਨ ਦੀ ਵਰਤੋਂ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਾਂ…

2024 GP Patient Survey

Have your say on the way your local GP services are working. Around 2.5 million people, aged 16 and over, who are registered with a GP practice in England will receive an invitation to take part in Europe’s biggest patient experience survey in early January. The answers we get help the NHS to improve local…