The Chorley Surgery

15/12/2025

The festive season is a time for fun, family and celebrations - but it’s also easy for drinking habits to creep up. Being mindful can make all the difference to your health and safety.

🎄 Here’s how to keep things balanced:
👉 Tips for drinking sensibly this festive season: https://patient.info/features/healthy-living/how-to-drink-sensibly-over-the-festive-season
🚗 Check if alcohol or medication could affect your ability to drive safely: https://patient.info/doctor/primary-care/fitness-to-drive
💬 Need advice or support? The NHS has great resources: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-advice/alcohol-support/

Enjoy the celebrations — just do it safely and stay in control.

12/12/2025

As winter approaches, it’s more important than ever to take action to avoid slips and falls — especially for older adults. 👣❄️

Knowing the risks and making small changes can make a big difference. Check out these helpful guides:
👉 https://patient.info/signs-symptoms/dizziness/prevention-of-falls-in-the-elderly
👉 https://patient.info/features/general-health/step-to-take-this-winter-to-avoid-falls
👉 https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/falls/

From improving lighting and removing trip hazards to building strength & balance, it’s all about staying steady and safe. Let’s keep moving with confidence this season. 💪🧤

09/12/2025

📌 A Reminder About Our Community Guidelines 🌟

Thank you to everyone who’s part of our practice Facebook community. To maintain a positive and respectful space for all, please remember our key guidelines:

✅ Respect and Courtesy
We expect all members to engage kindly and respectfully. Personal attacks or disrespectful language will not be tolerated.

🙅‍♂️ Privacy Matters
Please avoid sharing personal medical details here. For individual medical concerns, contact the practice directly.

🚫 No Medical Advice or Urgent Requests
This page is for information and updates only. For appointments, prescriptions, or urgent medical matters, please use the appropriate practice channels or call NHS 111.

By sticking to these guidelines, we ensure the page remains a helpful and supportive resource for everyone.

Thank you for your ongoing cooperation and for being a valued part of our community.

27/11/2025

IMPORTANT INFORMATION 27.11.25

Unfortunately all our IT systems are currently down. This means we do not have access to medical records, internet or our telephone system.

We are working urgently to resolve this issue and we apologise for any inconvenience caused. We will continue to update our page once resolved.

23/10/2025

🍂☂️Autumn/Winter Patient Newsletter☂️ 🍂

23/10/2025

'Warm and Welcome' brought to you by the Duke Street Family Hub.
For anyone to attend and get a hot meal for FREE.

This is currently running at Duke Street Family Hub and soon will also be running from Highfield Family Hub.

18/10/2025

📌World Menopause Day📌

World Menopause Day is here. We’re raising awareness of the menopause and its associated health issues as well as the support available to improve wellbeing. Focusing this year on ‘Lifestyle Medicine’, we’re considering how nutrition, exercise, sleep and managing stress can help manage perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms.
➡️https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/menopause/things-you-can-do/

Find out what you can do to help reduce menopause and perimenopause symptoms, including how to stay healthy and how to ease hot flushes.

16/10/2025

📌National Adoption Week
📍16th - 22nd October

There’s an urgent need for adopters in the UK, with children all over searching for the loving home that will change their lives. There are many myths around adoption but provided you can offer a safe, secure home, you should be eligible to adopt. Start the journey to a make a difference to a child’s life today.
➡️https://www.youcanadopt.co.uk/

Most people have the qualities to be a great parent. Adoption is the chance to change a child's life for the better.

13/10/2025

➡️OCD Awareness Week
📍12th - 18th October

OCD Awareness Week aims to break the stigma around Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. This disorder affects 1 in 50 people in the UK and can become all-encompassing, causing huge stress to sufferers and their families and friends. With the right support, OCD can be managed. If you’re worried, reach out to a healthcare professional.
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THE UK'S LARGEST OCD CHARITY. We provide support and information to anybody affected by OCD. You are not alone - reach out for support today.

10/10/2025

🧠World Mental Health Day🧠
📍10th October

World Mental Health Day marks the day we recognise and raise awareness of mental health issues. This year, the theme is to fight for mental health every day. Mental health issues don’t take a day off; they affect people every single day of their lives. It’s time to ‘fight for mental health’, today and every day.
➡️https://www.mind.org.uk/get-involved/world-mental-health-day/

World Mental Health Day is on 10 October 2025. Find out how to take part and raise awareness of mental health.

08/10/2025

📌National Hygiene Week📌
📍6th - 12th October

Over 5.3 million people in the UK are facing hygiene poverty, facing the impossible choice of feeding their family or keeping them clean. Hygiene poverty isn’t just about cleanliness, though; it’s about dignity, opportunity and access to basic needs that many take for granted.

This National Hygiene Week, we’re raising awareness, and asking to end hygiene poverty for good.
➡️https://thehygienebank.com/national-hygiene-week-2025/

National Hygiene Week 6th - 12th October 2025 organised by The Hygiene Bank