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Seasonal Opening Times for Astley General Practice
The practice participates in the winter pressure enhanced service to allow for additional appointments over the seasonal months.
Please ask reception for more information.
CQC Information
Services Available
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GP Appointments
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Nurse Appointments
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Well Person Checks
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Child Health Development Clinics
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Child Vaccinations
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Smoking Cessation Services
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Travel Vaccinations
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Find and Treat Monitoring
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Stroke and Blood Pressure Monitoring
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Diabetes Testing and Monitoring
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BMI Monitoring
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Cervical Screening
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Family Planning Advice
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Sexual Health Services
Enhanced Services For This Practice
GP of Choice Scheme - Please be informed that this surgery is not participating in the GP of Choice Enhanced Service Scheme.
Out of Area Scheme - Please be informed that this surgery is not participating in the we are not participating in the Out of Area Enhanced Service Scheme.
GP Appointments
All consultations are by appointment only. Please phone or call in.
Please let us know if you cannot keep an appointment.
Nurse Appointments
Our practice nurse is available for booked appointments only on a Monday evening until 7.30pm.
She is available for appointments relating to:
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Diabetes
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Asthma
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CHD
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COPD
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ECG
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24 Hour BP
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Stroke
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Cervical screening
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Travel Vaccinations (please ring to find out which ones when making your appointment)
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Childhood Immunisations (Thursday morning, 10:30-11:30)
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Smoking cessation
Clinics
Sr. Stephanie Ackerley is available for a wide range of clinics by appointment only.
The practice has bi-weekly antenatal clinics on Wednesday morning with the Community Midwife.
The practice has regulary 'Hearing Test Clinics' which are held on a two Thursday afternoon in the month, please ask reception for more details.
Blood Tests
Please contact reception for information.
Directions
The practice is located on the A572, just of the East Lancashire Road (A580) in Astley.
If you are travelling from the direction of Manchester, the practice is located on the left hand side, just after the entrance to St Stephen's School and before the mini roundabaout for Princes Road.
Our car park is at the rear of the building, entrance to the car park is at the side of the Pharmacy next door to the surgery.
Note: There are two Manchester Roads in close proximity in this area, if you are coming to the practice using a SATNAV system please ensure you have selected Manchester Road Astley and not Manchester Road Tyldesley.
Out of Hours
During the hours the surgery is closed our calls will be diverted to NHS 111. Calls to NHS 111 are free from both mobile and landlines. If you have a life-threatening medical emergency during these times please dial 999
Please do not attend the A&E Dept. for non emergency problems. Please use the local walk-in-centre
Leigh Walk-In Centre has facilities for Minor Injuries, Minor Illness, Sexual Health and Contraception Advice
Other information
All GP practices are required to declare the mean earnings (e.g. average pay) for GPs working to deliver NHS services to patients at each practice. The average pay for GPs working in Astley General Practice in the last financial year was £34,348.16 before tax and NI. This calculation is for 1 full-time GPs and 2 locum GPs, who has worked in the practice for more than 6 months.
Seasonal Opening Hours
The practice participates in the winter pressure enhanced service to allow for additional appointments over the seasonal months.
Please ask reception for more information.
Cancelling Your Appointments
Our text-to-cancel services allows you to send a simple text message directly to your practice to cancel your appointment, allowing it to be given to another patient.
By letting us know if you no longer need an appointment, we can ensure we offer as many available appointments as possible.
Please note that text-to-cancel numbers are not answered and are used for text messaging only.
To cancel by phone
You can cancel by calling the surgery directly on 01942 876339
To cancel by text message
Send 'cancel <your name> <date of appointment>' to 07804524437.
Online Services for Astley General Practice
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Patient Online Services |
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Service |
What we offer patients now |
What we plan to offer patients |
To be available by |
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Online Appointment Booking |
Yes – posters at reception |
N/A |
Available now |
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Online Repeat Prescriptions |
Yes – posters at reception |
N/A |
Available now |
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Patient Access to GP Summary Record |
No |
Currently being configured as part of the go live process. |
March 15 |
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Medical Records |
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Service |
What we do now |
What we plan to do |
To be available by |
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Summary Care Record (SCR) |
Yes – posters at reception |
N/A |
Available now |
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Electronic Transfer of Patient Records |
Yes |
N/A |
Available now |
Patient Participation Groups
The practice has a well established partient participation group who meet regular, we encourage and welcome all patients to join whether this is part of our 'face to face' group or part of the 'virual' group. This gives you the opportunity to share ideas and support the practice.
Patient Participation Group
2014 / 2015 Report
