News

Opening times for Christmas and New Year

23/12/22

Over Christmas and New Year we will be closed for the bank holidays - Monday 26th, Tuesday 27th, and Monday 2nd. If you require medical help during this time, please call 111. The Practice will be open as normal (08:00-18:30) Wed-Fri between Christmas and New Year. We hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Enhanced Patient Access

19/12/22

Most of our patients over 16 can now see new information added to their health record. This includes notes from your GP appointments, test results, medications, and letters from hospitals added to your record since 14/12/2022. You can view this via the NHS App, NHS website, or another GP online app you use. If you don't want to see your record, speak to your GP. You can visit www.nhs.uk/gp-record for more information or visit our website.

Changes to telephony

29/11/22

Following conversations with patients, staff, and the CQC - we have opted to turn off the call queuing feature on our telephone lines. This will be put in place during the day on 30/11/22. You can find an open letter regarding the history of our telephony and our current problems here (http://bit.ly/3VeH2Gg) or alternatively continue reading below.

Patient Participation Group

16/11/22

We are looking for members for our Patient Participation Group (PPG). PPGs discuss issues relating to the functioning of the NHS in general for quality of care for patients and functioning of their surgery. If you are interested in becoming a member, please email the surgery using gmicb-hmr.junctionsurgery@nhs.net

Funeral Plans and Arrangements for Primary Care Services

16/09/22

On behalf of the Junction Surgery we extend our heartfelt sympathy and sincerest condolences to all the Royal Family. Following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II the government has confirmed that Monday 19 September will be a Bank Holiday. We can confirm that the Practice will be closed and BARDOC will be providing their usual Bank Holiday Out of Hour Service, as well as their 7 Day Access bank holiday service.

Middleton Enhanced Access - Survey

29/07/22

Middleton Primary Care Network (PCN) will be delivering extended hours services in partnership with the Rochdale Health Alliance (our GP Federation) from October. This means delivering services 18:30– 20:00 weekdays and 09:00-17:00 on Saturdays. There may be flexibility for other times outside the national proposed times, so we want to find out your views to help inform our plans. Click Read More for a link to the survey.

PATCHS

01/06/22

As phone issues continue to cause problems at the surgery, an alternative method of contacting the Practice is an online triage platform called PATCHS. Click 'Read More' or navigate to the appointments page to find out more.

Telephony Problems - June 2022 Update

01/06/22

A statement from our IT provider: ""We are aware of issues affecting the telephone system. These are unfortunately outside of our control, and we have escalated the problem to our 3rd-Party supplier. We appreciate that this is frustrating, and assure you that our supplier is investigating this as a matter of urgency. Thank you for your understanding"

Preparing the NHS for the potential impact of the Omicron variant and other winter pressures

14/12/21

As you will no doubt be aware, the Prime Minister has urgently announced a new vaccination objective which will see the NHS deliver more vaccines over the coming weeks than ever before. We have been doing COVID vaccinations at the surgery, but order to facilitate the new challenge we will need to redeploy staff and alter our activities. Please click 'Read More' for full details.

Rebrand

28/07/21

As part of the process of taking on new GP partners, we have also started to re-brand. Both sites will now fall under the name of the Junction Surgery. Letters sent out will now be under the Junction Surgery heading with the location of patient appointments (i.e. Junction or Alkrington) being made clear within the content of the letter

General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) UPDATE

22/07/21

The planned GPDPR extractions have been changed once again, and the planned date of the 1st of September has been scrapped until changes have been made. We have received a letter from Jo Churchill, Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Primary Care and Health Promotion, which explains the new plans...

Face coverings from 19th July

16/07/21

From Monday the 19th July 2021 we will still require patients (aged 11 & over) to wear a face covering/mask at all times while in the practice. COVID-19 is still very prevalent in our area and we must continue to do our utmost to stop the spread and keep our healthcare settings as COVID free as possible. This is to ensure patients attending for treatments and reviews, and staff, are protected.

General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) delayed

08/06/21

We along with many of you have questions regarding the new GP data extraction - "General Practice Data for Planning and Research" (GPDPR). We can confirm that this has now been delayed until September. This will allow us all to gain a better understanding of the proposed extractions.

Carer's Hub Rochdale - Latest Newsletter

21/05/21

The Carer's Hub have shared with us their 12th newsletter (open this news item to view the newsletter). The newsletter has all the dates of their upcoming events and useful contact numbers. If you would like to have your details passed on to the Carer's Hub, simply ask a member of our reception team.

GP face2face appointments

17/05/21

Following reference to face to face appointments in social media, tabloid press, and on the TV, this practice will be maintaining the same process of inviting patients to attend the surgery where necessary following an initial remote consultation.

COVID-19 Vaccination Booking Number

07/04/21

If you haven't attended your first COVID-19 jab and meet both of the following conditions (you are registered with a GP in the borough of Rochdale AND you are in priority groups 1-9) please get in touch with Rochdale Health Alliance (RHA) to make an appointment.

Long-term effects of coronavirus (long COVID)

18/03/21

We are currently reviewing patients with long COVID symptoms. Patient's struggling with ongoing symptoms of COVID for more than 12 weeks should contact the surgery to book for a routine review with a GP. For more information, click read more.

Young Carers Hub

25/01/21

This year there has been a drastic reduction in referrals to the Young Carers Hub. If you are a young carer, or know of a family who has physical or mental health issues or alcohol and drug misuse, there could be young people who are young carers. The young cares hub is a service which can offer them additional support.

Change of telephone options

07/01/21

We have processed an update to our telephone system. One of the changes includes an alteration to the number choices after you have dialled the main number. For prescriptions and test requests, press option 1. For reception press option 2. For referrals press option 3.

COVID-19 Vaccinations

11/12/20

As you will no doubt be aware, COVID-19 vaccinations are slowly being rolled out accross the country. We are working with Rochdale Health Alliance, the local GP Federation, to deliver the COVID vaccination programme for our patients. For information about this please view this video put together and produced by Dr Mo Jiva.

Even during lockdown, we're still open

05/11/20

Echoing our post on the 18th of September, we just would like to assure you that we are still open and are seeing patients. Your health is important and the government have made it clear that you can still leave home for medical reasons...

Veterans In Communities September Newsletter

12/10/20

The September edition of Veterans In Communities is now available. The VIC Centre in Haslingden is still closed to the public and our VIC members for drop-in, however appointments can be made to come in and see a member of the team. Click to 'Read More' to continue reading...

Face to face appointments

18/09/20

On the 14th September 2020 the Government made a statement around face to face consultations at your GP Surgery. The communication has led to a misunderstanding, in implying that GP Practices have not been offering face to face appointments...

Flu season

18/09/20

We're now in flu season, so you can now book in for your flu jabs. We are running pre-bookable clinics only this year due to the increased risks of coronavirus transmission open clinics pose.

Changes to building and processes due to COVID-19

16/06/20

As part of our ongoing attempt to reduce risk of infection to patients and staff alike at the Junction and Alkrington Surgeries, we have made a few changes to the building and to our processes. These include the requirement to wear a face covering when attending for an appointment, the fitting of an intercom at Junction, and more. Click for more info.

Guidance when attending appointments at the surgery

08/06/20

When atttending appointments at the surgery, please attend alone (where possible). We also ask that when you attend the surgery, please wear a face mask / covering and please keep this on for the duration of your time in the surgery (unless asked to remove). We are doing all we can to reduce risk to you, our patients, and our staff members.

Shielded (vulnerable) patient list letters/texts/emails

09/04/20

As you may be aware the Government have sent over a million letters to patients advising them that they are in a ‘at risk’ group and should isolate for the next 12 weeks. These letters were produced using hospital data and NOT data from GP Practices. As a result the Government announced that the GP practices will be writing to additional patients by the beginning of this week. Click "Read More" to continue reading...

Thank you for donations

09/04/20

A massive thank you to Cardinal Langley RC High School for supplying us with 10 face visors to help our clinical staff that are still seeing patients for urgent and necessary procedures. We really appreciate this donation and the work that you have put in to manufacture them...

Signposting for Coronavirus (COVID19)

09/03/20

As you will all be aware, the NHS is doing all it can to stop the spread of COVID19. We have updated our signposting questions to make sure that all patients requesting appointments are asked their symptoms and whether they have travelled recently. Please click to continue reading...

Newsletter - Q1 2020

21/02/20

Our latest newsletter is now available. It includes some information about our health visiting service, our PPG, and other things. To view it open the full news item for the link.

A message from your GP

07/02/20

Back in December Rochdale Health Alliance (RHA) sent a booklet to all houses in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale. This is a helpful guide intended to help you get the best possible experience when accessing GP services.

New Phone System

08/01/20

We have moved to a new telephone system at the Junction and Alkrington Surgeries. As part of this move we have a new phone number, 01612713030. Don't worry if you dial the old number inadvertently as our old number will redirect for the first few weeks.

Happy New Year

31/12/19

On behalf of the GPs and staff at the Junction and Alkrington Surgeries, we hope you all have a happy new year. We will be closed for the day tomorrow (1 Jan) but will reopen as normal on Thursday at 8am.

New phone system and phone number

31/12/19

We are moving to a new telephone system at the Junction and Alkrington Surgeries. As part of this move we will also be getting a new phone number, 01612713030, which will be in use from the 8th of January 2020. Don't worry if you dial the old number inadvertently as our old number will redirect for the first few weeks.

Flu Vaccinations

11/12/19

We now have all of our flu vaccines in stock, so book in now if you're eligible by calling 0161 655 7478.

Flu vaccinations for 65+

06/09/19

Our stock of flu vaccinations for those aged 65 and over have arrived. Please call the surgery to arrange an appointment to reserve your vaccine.

Extended Hours

05/08/19

We are now offering appointments outside of our normal opening hours (08:00-18:30). For more info click read more.

Online Triage

27/03/19

You can now submit health queries directly via GP online services or via Online Triage.

Share for You

15/01/19

ShareforYou supports organisations involved in your care in the Bury, Oldham, Heywood Middleton and Rochdale areas by giving professionals involved in your care access to the information they need to provide you with the best care possible.

NHS 111 Website

06/08/18

111 online is a new service which helps people get urgent healthcare online.

NHS Health Checks

19/07/18

If you're aged 40-74 and you haven't had a stroke, or you don't already have heart disease, diabetes or kidney disease, you should have an NHS Health Check every five years.

Improving GP Access

06/02/18

HMR CCCG have developed an improving access to General Practice scheme which requires practices, working in partnership with Rochdale Health Alliance to implement changes which are intended to improve access.