Holmes Chapel Health Centre

16/01/2026

Practice Training Afternoon Closures:

It is very important that our team has the opportunity to meet together for training purposes. The practice will therefore be closed for staff training from 13:00 until the following morning at 08:00 on the following dates:

Tuesday 3rd February 2026
Wednesday 11th March 2026
Tuesday 21st April 2026
Tuesday 12th May 2026
Wednesday 10th June 2026
Thursday 9th July 2026
August 2026 - No PLT
Wednesday 9th September 2026
Thursday 8th October 2026
Wednesday 11th November 2026
December 2026 - No PLT
January 2027 - No PLT
Tuesday 2nd February 2027
Wednesday 10th March 2027

(Patients with pre-booked appointments after 18:30 on Tuesdays should attend as planned.)

This time is important as it provides protected time for our team to meet together to discuss practice issues, including our triage service, and reflect on feedback from patients to help us improve the service we provide.

The online triage service will be switched off from 12:30 on the day of practice training and remain off until the following morning. During the planned closure any urgent phone calls will be dealt with by NHS 111. If you require emergency care please phone 999 as at any other time.

Please ensure any prescriptions required on the day are collected before 1pm.

16/12/2025

Welcome to the Winter 2025 edition of the practice newsletter. In this letter you can learn about, the pathway of a letter, utilising the NHS App, winter wellness, roles within the Health Centre and much, much more!

08/08/2025

Exciting and important news here at the Dispensary at Holmes Chapel Health Centre!
We are implementing a new and efficient Electronic Prescription System to allow our clinicians to easily send prescriptions down to our Dispensary team to process. We are confident that this change will allow simpler, more streamlined processing of your medications – focusing on patient safety and a great customer experience.

To support our team with their learning and ensure a smooth transition, the Dispensary will be CLOSED from Monday 1st September at 2pm until Tuesday 2nd September at 11am. If your prescription is due on either of these dates, please ensure you collect during the time we are open. You are still able to order your medications via email or the NHS app during the closure.

Rest assured – there are no actions needed from patients, this transition will be made solely by the Practice.
Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding during this change

23/07/2025

23/06/2025

This 10-minute, painless scan can detect potentially life-threatening aneurysms early. For more information on the AAA Screening Programme, please visit the official NHS page: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening/

23/06/2025

National IT System issues

Good morning all,

Unfortunately, we are currently experiencing national IT system issues. With this, our systems are running slowly and we are not able to access some applications. Please bear with us, our IT team are working to resolve the issues as soon as physically possible.

Kind regards,
Megan Hayward
Patient Experience Lead
Holmes Chapel Health Centre

04/03/2025

Good morning all,

We understand that there have been some concerns raised on social media regarding parking. We do recognise that this has caused concern for some patients.

To reiterate, we experienced numerous on-going parking issues at the Health Centre, including ambulances being blocked in resulting in emergency care to individuals being delayed. As well as extensive damage to both clinical and non-clinical staff vehicles. On top of this, Cheshire East Council enforced chargeable parking on the Holmes Chapel Library car park meaning that our car park would be the only free car park in Holmes Chapel. With the existing parking issues at the Health Centre, we had to make the unfortunate decision to designate the car park as staff only access moving forward.

To fully inform our patients ahead of enforcement of the new regulations, we prepared and sent a parking update letter via text message and via physical copies to our patients who do not have a mobile number on their records, on the 15th of November. Since then, we have sent numerous communications, leading up to the go live date for the ANPR cameras. We communicated this via text, letter, on our website, social media and through clear signage outside the surgery, in the car park itself and in the main reception area.

Although we instructed the external parking company to oversee the car park, the responsibility for enforcement lies solely with them. As such, unfortunately, we are unable to intervene or reverse any issued fines, regardless of the circumstances. To appeal fines you must contact the appeal line on 03303 339257, or by following the instructions on the letter.

We did not take this decision lightly, this was the result of months of deliberation with Cheshire East Council and our proposal to allow 1 hour of free parking on the library car park. Ultimately this was rejected, forcing us to close the car park to our patients. We would like to once again note that the Health Centre does not profit, in any way, from these fines. All fines issued are payable to the external company. We apologise sincerely that it was necessary to come to this decision and we thank you for your continued support and understanding.

Please see attached to this post a reminder of the parking process for Blue Badge holders for reference.

Kind regards,
Holmes Chapel Health Centre

18/11/2024

We are currently experiencing IT issues. We have no access to the computers or to the phones. So if you have a medical emergency, please ring 999 or if it is an urgent problem, please contact NHS 111.
We are working with our IT support company to get the problem resolved ASAP.
We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause but this is out of our control.
Many thanks

20/10/2024

Tomorrow will be an emotional day for me as I bid farewell to Holmes Chapel after 22 years.
It has been a joy and a privilege to look after my patients over these many years but for the last 8-10 years of my career it’s time for a new challenge.
As Associate Dean for the GP school I look after trainees in areas of deprivation and I’ve been offered a 2 day a week clinical role in a deprived and under-doctored area.
I feel this is the right time for me to take on this challenge for the last few years of my career.
I am dreading saying farewell to my colleagues tomorrow who are more like family than work mates.
They’ve sustained me and supported me for many years and I’ll miss them all.
To my many patients, it’s been so wonderful to serve you and your community and I leave knowing there’s a great team taking the practice forward.
For now it’s farewell and thanks to all who’ve supported me in this difficult decision.
Dr Hulme

28/08/2024

We have updated our website with information on prescribing for patients travelling out of the country
In line with NHS guidance and funding policies please ensure you are requesting medication for travel in line with the policy
Dr Hulme

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25/07/2024

We would like to reassure our patients we continue to apply pressure to the new government to make GP better for all. We want the same things our patients do.

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19/07/2024

Unfortunately we have been affected by a major computer outage. This is a national problem, affecting all GP surgeries.
The IT specialist are working to resolve this but in the meantime, we have no computer access so in the event of an emergency, please dial 999 or if your concern is urgent, please contact NHS 111.
We will keep you updated as and when we have updates ourselves.
Thank you for your understanding.
Holmes Chapel Health Centre