St Marys Medical Centre

13/08/2025

☀️🌼 Our Health & Wellbeing drop-in session this month will be focusing on our 0 – 5-year-olds and their parents / carers, although any patients with children of any age are welcome.
This session will be focusing on parental wellbeing, immunisations and sign posting to local services. The session will be held by our Safeguarding / Care Co Ordinator Annette Murray, joined by our Practice Nurse Danielle Shaw and the Child and Family Care Co – Ordinator for Oldham Central PCN Kelly Potts.
We are looking forward to meeting you and your children and are happy for you to discuss any questions regarding advice/concerns or worries.
Light refreshments will be available.
Thursday 21st August 10:30am – 12:30pm The Grange Bartlemore Street Derker OL1 4DP Kind regards
Remember these sessions are for you! We are open to your suggestions for future wellbeing events. ☀️🌼

12/08/2025

When you find out you are pregnant, you can refer yourself for NHS pregnancy care so you start care with a midwife right away.

Once you sign up online, the maternity team will contact you to book your first appointment with a midwife.

You should do this by the 10th week of pregnancy, if possible, but it’s never too late to start. If you're over 10 weeks, refer yourself as soon as you can.

Start here: https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/refer-yourself-for-nhs-pregnancy-care/

12/08/2025

A yellow and amber heat alert has been issued across parts of England today. Remember that vulnerable people are more at risk from higher temperatures.

Keep hydrated, remember your sunscreen, and visit the NHS website for helpful advice.

☀️ https://nhs.uk/live-well/seasonal-health/heatwave-how-to-cope-in-hot-weather/

12/08/2025

Yesterday we had 6 children not brought to the childhood vaccination clinic. That is 2 hours of appointment time that could of been used by other patients. Please can we urge all of our patients and care givers to contact us if you can not make an appointment. The childhood vaccines clinics are specifically added extra during the school holidays to try and support parents and carers in bringing their child to appointments that are suitable for them. We have installed a automatic cancellation line on our telephone system to try and make it easier for everybody to cancel appointments.

30/07/2025

29/07/2025

29/07/2025

📞 Important Notice: Phone Line Issues 📞

We’re currently experiencing problems with our phone line and are unable to receive inbound calls at the moment. This disruption is widespread and is affecting several other GPs.

We’re working hard to get this fixed as soon as possible.

Thanks so much for your understanding and patience.

16/07/2025

📣 Important Notice 📣
We will be closing early today at 1:00pm for staff training. We will re-open on Thursday 17th July 2025 at 8:00am.
If you need medical assistance during this time, please contact NHS 111 or, in the case of an emergency, please dial 999.
Thank you for your understanding!

08/07/2025

📌There were 140 missed appointments in June 2025.
If you can't make it, please cancel by using one of the options below.
📞 Call us - Option 1 for our cancellation line
📱 Reply to your text reminder
📧 Email us
Every missed slot is a chance lost for someone who needs to see a GP.
Keep it or cancel it, thank you.

23/06/2025

💛💛 Annette & Aleya can not wait to see you all at our next Health & Wellbeing Session. Please see the below poster for more details. 💛💛

19/06/2025

Huge congratulations to everyone from St Mary's who took part in the hike for Macmillan, we couldn’t be prouder! 🫶

Every step taken and every pound raised brings us closer to supporting those who need it most 🙌

We’re so proud of this amazing team, they managed to raise £3,263 and it’s not too late to support them!

You can still show your support or spread the word by sharing the link below💚

Help Danielle Shaw raise money to support Macmillan Cancer Support

18/06/2025

Hot weather and thunderstorms can trigger symptoms in those who suffer with lung conditions such as asthma.

If you notice the weather makes your symptoms worse and you are needing to use your inhaler more frequently, please talk to your pharmacist, contact your GP or NHS 111.