Atlas Medical Practice

01/09/2025

FLU SEASON STARTS SOON.

THIS WEEK WE WILL BE SENDING SELF-BOOK LINKS TO PREBOOK YOUR FLU VACCINATION APPOINTMENT.

FLU ELIGIBILTY CAN BE FOUND BELOW.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO USE THE BOOKING LINK, OR DO NOT RECEIVE A TEXT MESSAGE BUT BELEIVE YOU ARE ELIGIBLE, PLEASE CONTACT THE SURGERY AFTER 10AM TO SPEAK TO A RECEPTIONIST.

From September 2025:

Vaccinated at the surgery
●pregnant women
●all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2025 (nasal FLU vaccination)
●all children in clinical risk groups aged from 6 months to less than 18 years (nasal FLU vaccination)

Vaccinated in school
●primary school aged children (from Reception to Year 6)
●secondary school aged children (from Year 7 to Year 11)

From October 2025:

●those aged 65 years and over
●those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups (as defined by the Green Book, Influenza chapter 19 )
●those in long-stay residential care homes
carers in receipt of carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person
●close contacts of immunocompromised individuals
●frontline workers in a social care setting without an employer led occupational health scheme including those working for a registered residential care or nursing home, registered domiciliary care providers, voluntary managed hospice providers and those that are employed by those who receive direct payments (personal budgets) or Personal Health budgets, such as Personal Assistants

29/08/2025

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22/08/2025

📢 Important Patient Notice 📢

Atlas Medical Practice will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday 25th August reopening at 8am on Tuesday 26th August

During this time:
🔹 For emergencies, St Helens Rota will provide out-of-hours cover.
🔹 You can also contact NHS 111 for medical advice and assistance.

Atlas Medical Practice

18/08/2025

With the bank holiday approaching, make sure you order your repeat prescription in advance.

To find out how to do this, visit https://nhs.uk/nhs-services/prescriptions/how-to-order-a-repeat-prescription/

14/08/2025

📢 Please join us at the surgery to support this very worthy cause!
Tuesday 19th August 10:30 - 11:30am
Everyone welcome ☕️🍰

25/07/2025

We've Upgraded Your Experience! 🚀

We’re excited to announce a new and improved way to connect with us! Our DIGITAL FRONT DOOR just got a refresh — making it easier than ever for you to get in touch.

👉 Click below to get started:
You can send through your online consultation, admin request or requests for medication.

✨ What’s new?

A cleaner, faster, and more intuitive system

Access from any device — mobile, tablet, or desktop

Same trusted care, now even easier to reach

Thank you for being part of our community. We can’t wait for you to try it out!

https://blinxscheduler.com/patient-self-booking/ .eyJvdGlkIjoiezE0QkVDRTdGLUVFMjgtNEU1Mi1BQjhDLUU1NTA0QkYxN0Q2Mn0ifQ.Kxb4nKbgBru4p9-1cR-esOj8fgn0h_eS6iQINyKz3_g

23/07/2025

📢 Important Patient Notice 📢

Atlas Medical Practice will be closed for GP & staff training from 1:00 PM Thursday 24th July and will reopen at 8:00 AM Friday 25th July.

During this time:
🔹 For emergencies, St Helens Rota will provide out-of-hours cover.
🔹 You can also contact NHS 111 for medical advice and assistance.

Thank you for your understanding as we continue to improve our services.

Atlas Medical Practice

17/07/2025

Did you know you can now access services like the NHS Pharmacy Contraceptive Service from the comfort of your own home?

Learn more at https://www.chemist-4-u.com/clinic/contraception?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=sms&utm_campaign=ssp

14/07/2025

Important Patient Notice 📣

We are currently experiencing problems with our telephone system and are unable to receive calls. Please use Patch’s should you need to contact us urgently whilst our IT Team work on the problem. Thank you for your patience

13/07/2025

Measles cases are on the rise, and people across Cheshire and Merseyside are being encouraged to get their Measles Mumps, Rubella (MMR) vaccine.

The Living Well bus will be visiting sites across the region offering immunisations including MMR for people of all ages, health checks, and mental wellbeing support.

For more information regarding times and alternative locations, please visit: https://www.cwp.nhs.uk/livingwellservice

09/07/2025

07/07/2025

Across England, access to Tirzepatide (also called Mounjaro®) medication is being phased and prioritised to ensure patients with the greatest clinical need can receive it.

Cohort 1 – will start in the summer of 2025 in response to the requirement of NICE to make this drug available in “Primary Care Settings”. GPs should not directly prescribe tirzepatide for weight loss. The ICB is in the process of commissioning community/primary care weight loss prescribing services so that GPs have somewhere to refer eligible patients in line with the NICA TA1026 and NHS England Commissioning Guidance. As soon as these are available we will update you, we are looking to implement these as soon as possible.
The FAQs describe eligibility but for clarity the national roll out set by NHS England mean access this year is only for people with at least 4 of the 5 health conditions listed below plus a BMI of at least 40 (BMI to be adjusted for ethnicity*).
The following weight-related health conditions will be used to define those who are eligible first:

- type 2 diabetes mellitus
- high blood pressure
- heart disease
- obstructive sleep apnoea (when your breathing stops and starts -while you sleep)
- abnormal blood fats (dyslipidaemia)

See below here for more information.

Tirzepatide (Mounjaro®) for the management of obesity Semaglutide (Wegovy®) for the management of obesity Tirzepatide (Mounjaro®) for the management of obesity National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends tirzepatide (Mounjaro®) for the management of obesity for certain pa...