PWE Pendle Valley Mill Medical Practice with Brierfield

30/08/2025

Following the launch of the Plan for Neighbourhoods scheme, we want to hear from you!

With a new blueprint to bring the community together, your opinion on how we can make improvements is vital.

Thriving places. Stronger communities. Taking back control. Have your say on how we spend the Plan for Neighbourhoods funding now via the survey below.

Link: https://forms.office.com/e/71SrXWuGvR

21/08/2025

We are currently experiencing issues with some blood samples being returned to us by the hospital as they are unable to process the samples, this is for a number of reasons but is outside of our control. This has been reported and escalated with both ELHT and the local Intergrated Care Board (ICB) to ensure appropriate action is taken to resolve this issue. In the meantime please bear with us if you need to have your sample repeated. We will contact you to repeat your tests if this is needed.

19/08/2025

Man over 65? You'll shortly receive an invite for AAA screening. Please do take the opportunity to attend for a scan once called. It could save your life.

09/08/2025

Another date for the diary📅

Friday 29th August there will be a Community Health & Wellbeing event down at Pendle Community Radio in Nelson. For more information and times you can come down and check out what's going on have a look at the leaflet below🙌

NHS Health Checks Lancashire Pendle Leisure Trust Pendle Community Radio - Awaz 103.1FM

05/08/2025

24/07/2025

Welcome to the Lancashire NHS Health Checks booking page. Delivered by FCMS on behalf of Lancashire County council.

11/07/2025

With an Amber Heat-Health alert declared for 6 regions of England - and several others seeing yellow alerts - it's worth watching out for those who might find it difficult to cope with high temperatures. ☀️ 🌡️

Find out the latest here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/first-yellow-heat-health-alert-of-2025-issued-for-4-regions

28/06/2025

24/06/2025

Please see important update regarding GP practice ability to prescribe weight loss drugs. When more information is available via the ICB we will share this with you.

From June 23, 2025, NHS England has approved a new medication called Mounjaro (tirzepatide) for weight management and type 2 diabetes in patients who meet specific criteria.

We understand that some patients may be eager to access this treatment, particularly following recent media coverage. However, we want to be open with you about the current situation.

At present, our local NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) has not commissioned a service and are unable to provide any additional support or funding for GP practices to safely deliver this treatment. Prescribing Mounjaro involves careful eligibility assessments, ongoing monitoring, and structured follow-up, all of which require time, training, and resources that general practices are not currently funded for.

As such, we are currently unable to offer Mounjaro prescriptions or assessments through our GP surgery.

We understand this may be frustrating, and we hope that our ICB will work with practices to develop a safe and sustainable service in the near future. In the meantime, patients who believe they may benefit from Mounjaro should speak with their hospital specialist if they are under the care of one or wait for further updates when more clarity is available.

Please note that we are unable to answer any complaints that result from any unhappiness at our inability to prescribe Mounjaro. These comments or complaints are best addressed to the ICB patient experience team by contacting them:

Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB
email: Iscicb-fw.patientexperience@nhs.net or call 0300 373 3550.

North East and North Cumbria ICB
email: nencicb.complaints@nhs.net or call 0191 374 4218

Thank you for your understanding and continued support.