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Flu walk in clinics

Flu

Flu Clinics at Beech Hill Medical Practice Get ready for our walk-in flu clinics starting from 1st October to 10th October! (excluding Weekends) Clinic Hours: Monday to Friday: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM Monday to Friday: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM No appointment is needed for eligible patients – just turn up during these times…

Flu 2025

Flu 2025

📅 Save the Date: Flu Clinics at Beech Hill Medical Practice 📅 Get ready for our walk-in flu clinics starting from 1st October to 10th October! 💉

Requests for Diazepam for Fear of Flying

At Beech Hill Medical Practice, we will no longer prescribe Diazepam for patients who wish to use this for a fear of flying. This is for many reasons: 1. Diazepam is a sedative. This means, the medication makes you sleepy and more relaxed. If there would be an emergency during the flight, this could impair…

February patient feedback

Thank you to all patient who took their time to provide feedback. As a practice we encourage all patients to give feedback when they feel necessary as this allows us to take any suggestive improvement on board. Any positive comment that we received are always greatly appreciated and we ensure these are cascaded to each…

Bowel/screening fit test

If you have been asked to do a fit test by the doctor or receive a bowel screening kit in the post please see the following link for instructions or visit NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer-screening/.

Ask my gp

From Monday the 13th Jan 2025 We are extending the times of our Askmygp opening hours. Askmygp will be available for patients to log requests between the hours of 07.30am – 9am each day Monday- Friday.

Christmas and New year opening hours

Please see this years Christmas and New year opening hours for the practice. – Monday 23rd December – 08:00-18:30pm – Tuesday 24th December – 08:00-13:30pm (telephone calls will be diverted to Wigan GP Alliance until 18:30pm) – Wednesday 25th December – Closed – Thursday 26th December – Closed – Friday 27th December – 08:00-18:30pm –…

Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness week 18th – 24th Nov

This week is Antimicrobial resistance awareness week, this is an opportunity to share useful information in how and why the decision to prescribe antibiotics is made. Dr Gemma Brierley is a G.P Partner at the practice and is the medicine management lead. Dr Brierley says” antibiotics do not treat viral infections for example Flu symptoms,…

Save the date for our Flu Clinics

We encourage our patients to receive their influenza vaccination to ensure they are fully protected against flu this winter. This year, the practice will be inviting patients to attend. Our walk-in clinics are on Thursday 3rd October 2024 to Friday 18th October 2024. Details of the clinics will be sent out to eligible patients from…

July 2024 – patient feedback

Please see below patient feedback for the month July – Thank you to all patient who took their time to provide feedback. As a practice we encourage all patients to give feedback when they feel necessary as this allows us to take any suggestive improvement on board. Any positive comment that we received are always…

June 2024 – patient feedback

Please see below patient feedback for the month June – Thank you to all patient who took their time to provide feedback. As a practice we encourage all patients to give feedback when they feel necessary as this allows us to take any suggestive improvement on board. Any positive comment that we received are always…

May 2024 – patient feedback

Please see below patient feedback for the month May – Thank you to all patient who took their time to provide feedback. As a practice we encourage all patients to give feedback when they feel necessary as this allows us to take any suggestive improvement on board. Any positive comment that we received are always…

April 2024 – patient feedback

Please see below patient feedback for the month April. Thank you to all patient who took their time to provide feedback. As a practice we encourage all patients to give feedback when they feel necessary as this allows us to take any suggestive improvement on board. Any positive comment that we received are always greatly…

March 2024 – patient feedback

Please see below patient feedback for the month March – Thank you to all patient who took their time to provide feedback. As a practice we encourage all patients to give feedback when they feel necessary as this allows us to take any suggestive improvement on board. Any positive comment that we received are always…

February 2024 – patient feedback

Please see below patient feedback for the month February – Thank you to all patient who took their time to provide feedback. As a practice we encourage all patients to give feedback when they feel necessary as this allows us to take any suggestive improvement on board. Any positive comment that we received are always…

December 2023 – patient feedback

Please see below patient feedback for the month December – Thank you to all patient who took their time to provide feedback. As a practice we encourage all patients to give feedback when they feel necessary as this allows us to take any suggestive improvement on board. Any positive comment that we received are always…