Woodside Medical Centre Middleton

29/08/2025

Andys man club attended our Military Veteran open day last month, to help support our military veteran population
If you are a military veteran please look out for our next invite to our next open day on 9th October 2025 1pm- 4pm

ANDYSMANCLUB are a men’s su***de prevention charity offering free to attend peer-to-peer support groups across the United Kingdom and online.

25/07/2025

Following our visit yesterday Andys man club have shared some useful links below

Website https://andysmanclub.co.uk/

Facebook Andys man club

Andys man club Rochdale



Spill the tea club have a page

Spill the tea club showing places and times
Website https://hubofhope.co.uk/

24/07/2025

Today we proudly hosted our very first military veteran event at the practice!

Veteran patients had the opportunity to connect with our nursing team, doctors, and access a wide range of support and information tailored to their needs.

A heartfelt thank you to Living Well Rochdale Andy’s Man Club and member of our patient patient participation group for attending and contributing their time and valuable resources — your support was truly appreciated.

We’re pleased to announce that we plan to hold another veteran-focused event in October, where we hope to welcome even more members of our veteran population

23/07/2025

Military Veteran information

https://www.veteransincommunities.org/middleton-areas.html #:~:text=Veterans%20In%20Communities%20%28VIC%29%20works%20across%20Heywood%2C%20Middleton,veterans%20or%20retired%20members%20of%20the%20emergency%20services.

18/07/2025

Are you a patient at Woodside Medical Centre?
Have you visited our website? www.woodsidemedicalcentre.co.uk
If the answer is yes to both, then we would value your feedback on our current website. Please visit the link below and fill in our quick survey.

Thank you.
https://forms.office.com/e/H3sYzqwVJb

11/07/2025

Are you a patient at Woodside Medical Centre?
Have you visited our website? www.woodsidemedicalcentre.co.uk
If the answer is yes to both, then we would value your feedback on our current website. Please visit the link below and fill in our quick survey.

Thank you.
https://forms.office.com/e/H3sYzqwVJb

24/06/2025

🚨WEIGHT LOSS MEDICATION (Mounjaro) is currently not available for NHS prescription in Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale / Greater Manchester 🚨

Dear all patients registered :
Peterloo Medical Centre
Woodside Medical Centre Middleton
Rochdale Road Medical Centre
Durnford Medical Centre
Windermere Road Surgery
The Junction Surgery
The Family practice

An important message to inform you that:

Our GP Practices are receiving many requests to prescribe weight loss injections (Mounjaro or similar medication)

We are awaiting further guidance from our Greater Manchester ICB who sets the rules on when it can be prescribed, but at this present time our member practices are not prescribing Mounjaro for weight loss , for diabetics the role of the medication will depend on the diabetic control and other factors which we await further clarity on from GM ICB

We do recognise that this is a frustrating situation for many patients, however, booking an appointment to speak with one of our GP's or Practitioners about this will not change the outcome.

The decision not to prescribe has NOT been made by the GPs / Practitioners at our GP Practices – however, we must follow the instructions that have been put in place by Greater Manchester ICB.

We also recognise that some patients are accessing prescriptions from private pharmacies or online providers. Please ensure you let your private provider know about any other medications you are taking.

Thank you

Middleton PCN Team

23/05/2025

Patient led ordering ( repeat medication)

Open Event to Woodside Medical Centre patients

Do you want to know more about registering/ using the NHS APP ,then come along to the practice on 27.06.2025 between 1pm and 3pm

The way repeat prescriptions are ordered is changing. All patients (who are able to do so) are required to order prescriptions directly from the GP practice. This means that for the majority of patients, the pharmacy will no longer order prescriptions on their behalf.

Woodside are rolling out patient-led ordering (PLO) from 27.06.2025

Purpose of the change

This change aims to:

>reduce medicine waste. Current arrangements mean that many medicines are routinely ordered but not needed
>give patients better control over the ordering of their own medication
>improve safety by avoiding stockpiling of medication and prevent medication that has been stopped from being re-ordered by mistake
>save practice time (especially if prescriptions are ordered online) with less time spent chasing and processing prescriptions and answering the phone to queries and complaints

How can patients order their medication?

Patients can order repeat medication in one of the following ways:

PREFERRED OPTIONS
>Online via the GP practice online ordering process
>NHS App preferred option– this is the safest and easiest way
>Patchs
>Designated Prescription line 0161 643 9431

You can Ring the main practice number 0161 643 9244 OPTION 1 to be transferred to the prescriptions line number

OR

Via the repeat prescription box at the GP practice
Via post to the GP practice using the repeat prescription slip

Thank you

15/05/2025

💚 It’s Wear It Green Day! 💚
Today we’re wearing green to stand up for mental health awareness — Mental health matters. You matter

14/05/2025

**the phones are now working normally - thank you all for your patience.***

Patient notice !!!!

There is currently an issue affecting the practice telephone system. This is affecting some of our incoming/outgoing calls.
Please be patient with our staff as we attempt to get this issue resolved.

We will keep you informed as we have any further information.

09/05/2025

The practice had a technical issue with our telephones this morning, which is now fixed. We would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.

05/05/2025

Woodside supporting veterans

Veterans In Communities (VIC) is an ex-services charity based in East Lancashire. VIC supports ex-se